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Limelight Chords

[Intro]
 
e|----------------------------------|     e|------------|
B|----------------------------r-----|     B|------------|
G|------------4-------4-----2-e-----| x3  G|------------|
D|----------2-4-------4-----2-s-----|     D|----------2-|
A|------0-4---2-------2-----0-t-----|     A|------0-4---|
E|--0-4-------------------4---------|     E|--0-4-------|
 
[Riff]
   B     A       E
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-4-----4---4---4-------------| x4
D|-4-----2---2---2-------------|
A|-2-----0---0---2-------0-4-0-|
E|---------------0---2-4-------|
 
[Verse 1]
B           G#m
Living on a lighted stage
  F#             E
Approaches the unreal
    F#                  E
For those who think and feel
   B               G#m
In touch with some reality
  F#              B    A E   B A E
Beyond the gilded cage
 
B              G#m
Cast in this unlikely role,
F#              E
Ill-equipped to act
     F#           E
With insufficient tact
B               G#m
One must put up barriers
   F#             B    A E
To keep oneself intact
 
[Chorus]
G#m           E
Living in the limelight
    F#        G#m
The universal dream
    E                 F#    G#m
For those who wish to seem
E                 F#
Those who wish to be
     G#m           E
Must put aside the alienation
F#              G#m
Get on with the fascination
    E
The real relation
    F#           G#m
The underlying theme
 
B A E x2
 
[Verse 2]
B           G#m
Living in a fisheye lens
       F#            E
Caught in the camera eye
  F#               E
I have no heart to lie
  B               G#m
I can't pretend a stranger
     F#           B    A E   B A E
Is a long-awaited friend
 
B                 G#m
All the world's indeed a stage
    F#             E
And we are merely players
   F#              E
Performers and portrayers
B              G#m
Each another's audience
   F#              B    A E
Outside the gilded cage
 
[Chorus]
G#m           E
Living in the limelight
    F#        G#m
The universal dream
    E                 F#    G#m
For those who wish to seem
E                 F#
Those who wish to be
     G#m           E
Must put aside the alienation
F#              G#m
Get on with the fascination
    E
The real relation
    F#           G#m
The underlying theme
 
[Solo]
G#m E F# G#m
 
[Chorus]
G#m           E
Living in the limelight
    F#        G#m
The universal dream
    E                 F#    G#m
For those who wish to seem
E                 F#
Those who wish to be
     G#m           E
Must put aside the alienation
F#              G#m
Get on with the fascination
    E
The real relation
    F#           G#m
The underlying theme
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