Intro
C#m E F# B
[Verse 1]
C#m E F# B
Hello and welcome to the show,
C#m E F# B
We left our hearts back at the door.
C#m E F# B
Something sensational is about to happen here,
C#m E F# B
So rare and beautiful no one's ever seen!
C#m E F# B
The poster says it's the greatest show on earth,
C#m E F# B
And no one reads the fine print anymore. (Or alternatively: "But no one...")
C#m E F# B
We'll do all just to see you smile,
C#m E F# B
Give me applause and I will call you mine.
[Chorus]
E B
I am blinded by the light,
A C#m
As bright as a sun.
E B
All I hear is earth-shattering sound,
A C#m
That had drifted far.
[Bridge]
E C#dim
And I feel, something real,
F#m Dm(maj7)
C# magical emotion that has taken all control!
E B A
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
B C#m F#
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
C#m F#
I give it all to you.
[Verse 2]
C#m E F# B
So many people on the floor,
C#m E F# B
It doesn't faze me anymore.
C#m E F# B
Something unusual happens every time, (In some versions he says "all the time".)
C#m E F# B
It doesn't move me, it doesn't make me cry.
C#m E F# B
As entertainers we put the rest to shame,
C#m E F# B
If you are triggered, I'm not the one to blame.
C#m E F# B
For the tickets we offer no returns,
C#m E F# B
I'll keep on singing while the planet burns.
[Chorus]
E B
Aren't you blinded by the light,
A C#m
As bright as a sun?
E B
Can't you hear the earth-shattering sound,
A C#m
That had drifted far?
[Bridge]
E C#dim
And I feel, something real,
F#m Dm(maj7)
C# magical emotion that has taken all control!
E B A
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
B C#m F#
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
C#m F#
I give it all to you.
[Verse 3]
C#m E F# B
Thank you for coming to the show,
C#m E F# B
We'll get our hearts back at the door.
C#m E F# B
Something unthinkable has happened here tonight,
C#m E F# B
And I'm still processing the thoughts I have inside.
C#m E F# B
People will say it's the greatest show on Earth,
C#m E F# B
I can't object, I just don't have the nerve.
C#m E F# B
/: It's lights and mirrors and castles made of smoke,
C#m E F# B
They're mere distraction from what truly matters most. :/ (x2)
[Chorus]
E B
Aren't you blinded by the light,
A C#m
As bright as a sun?
E B
Can't you hear the earth-shattering sound,
A C#m
That had drifted far?
[Bridge]
E C#dim
And I feel, something real,
F#m Dm(maj7)
C# magical emotion that has taken all control!
E B A
And it's carrying me up, carrying me through,
B C#m F#
In a shape of a sound and I give to you,
C#m F#
I give it all to you.
C#m
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 Fm [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. :F#
(at 1:36:38)