Intro
Dm F G C
[Verse 1]
Dm F G C
Hello and welcome to the show,
Dm F G C
We left our hearts back at the door.
Dm F G C
Something sensational is about to happen here,
Dm F G C
So rare and beautiful no one's ever seen!
Dm F G C
The poster says it's the greatest show on earth,
Dm F G C
And no one reads the fine print anymore. (Or alternatively: "But no one...")
Dm F G C
We'll do all just to see you smile,
Dm F G C
Give me applause and I will call you mine.
[Chorus]
F C
I am blinded by the light,
A# Dm
As bright as a sun.
F C
All I hear is earth-shattering sound,
A# Dm
That had drifted far.
[Bridge]
F C#dim
And I feel, something real,
Gm Dm(maj7)
D magical emotion that has taken all control!
F C A#
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
C Dm G
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
Dm G
I give it all to you.
[Verse 2]
Dm F G C
So many people on the floor,
Dm F G C
It doesn't faze me anymore.
Dm F G C
Something unusual happens every time, (In some versions he says "all the time".)
Dm F G C
It doesn't move me, it doesn't make me cry.
Dm F G C
As entertainers we put the rest to shame,
Dm F G C
If you are triggered, I'm not the one to blame.
Dm F G C
For the tickets we offer no returns,
Dm F G C
I'll keep on singing while the planet burns.
[Chorus]
F C
Aren't you blinded by the light,
A# Dm
As bright as a sun?
F C
Can't you hear the earth-shattering sound,
A# Dm
That had drifted far?
[Bridge]
F C#dim
And I feel, something real,
Gm Dm(maj7)
D magical emotion that has taken all control!
F C A#
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
C Dm G
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
Dm G
I give it all to you.
[Verse 3]
Dm F G C
Thank you for coming to the show,
Dm F G C
We'll get our hearts back at the door.
Dm F G C
Something unthinkable has happened here tonight,
Dm F G C
And I'm still processing the thoughts I have inside.
Dm F G C
People will say it's the greatest show on Earth,
Dm F G C
I can't object, I just don't have the nerve.
Dm F G C
/: It's lights and mirrors and castles made of smoke,
Dm F G C
They're mere distraction from what truly matters most. :/ (x2)
[Chorus]
F C
Aren't you blinded by the light,
A# Dm
As bright as a sun?
F C
Can't you hear the earth-shattering sound,
A# Dm
That had drifted far?
[Bridge]
F C#dim
And I feel, something real,
Gm Dm(maj7)
D magical emotion that has taken all control!
F C A#
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
C Dm G
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
Dm G
I give it all to you.
Dm
I give it all to you.
ps.: I'm not quite sure about that Dm(maj7), Joe Bruno said in a stream where I asked
( [from 39:00 to 44:00] that it's either a Ddim or a Gbm [at 43:00],
but the unplugged version at 1:20 ( visibly doesn't fit for either.
Also, in the Quarantine Concert version he plays something very different for those lines
at 2:09:42 ( and 2:11:53 (
pps.: Whoa, I've even managed to get some input from the man himself! :)
He said that what I previously thought to be a Dbm(7b5) is more likely to be a C#dim,
but he wasn't completely sure either. :G
(at 1:36:38)