Limelight Chords by Rush

[Start]

[Intro]
A B B A B A E B
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
A E B A B A
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
B A E A
■ ■ ■ ■


[Verse]
B                        
Living on a lighted stage
F#7            E     
Approaches the unreal
              F#    E       
For those who think and feel
   B               G#     
In touch with some reality
F#7        B          
Beyond the gilded cage
A E A B E
■ ■ ■ ■ ■
B            G#           
Cast in this unlikely role
F#          E     
Illequipped to act
F#   F#7          F# E   
With insufficient ■  tact
B        G#7            
One must put up barriers
F#7             B      A
To keep oneself intact ■
G#m           E        
Living in the limelight
F#            G#m7 
The universal dream
    E                 F#   G#m7
For those who wish to seem ■   


[Chorus]
E                 F#
Those who wish to be
G#7                E         
Must put aside the alienation
F#              G#         
Get on with the fascination
E                
The real relation
F#             G#m7 
The underlying theme
G#m G#m7 E F# B E
■   ■    ■ ■  ■ ■
B A E
■ ■ ■


[Verse]
B           G#           
Living in a fish eye lens
          F#  E         
Caught in the camera eye
       F#       E  B  
I have no heart to lie
                  G#      
I can't pretend a stranger
     F#          B     
Is a longawaited friend
A E A B A E A
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
B               G#            
All the world's indeed a stage
F#     E      F#     
We are merely players
               E         
Performers and portrayers
B    G#        G#m     
Each another's audience
F#      F#7 B7     B    E
Outside the gilded cage ■


[Chorus]
G#m           E        
Living in the limelight
F#  G#m7           
The universal dream
E                     F#   G#m7
For those who wish to seem ■   
E                F#   
■ Those who wish to be
               E   F#        
Must put aside the alienation
            G#m7 E          
Get on with the  fascination
         E       
The real relation
F#  F#7        G#m7 G#m  
The underlying ■    theme


[Solo]
G#m7 E F# G#7 E F# G#m7 E
■    ■ ■  ■   ■ ■  ■    ■
B F# G#m E F#7 G#7 E F#
■ ■  ■   ■ ■   ■   ■ ■ 
F#7 G#m G#7 E G#m E F# G#m
■   ■   ■   ■ ■   ■ ■  ■  
E F# G#m
■ ■  ■  


[Chorus]
              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#7                E         
Must put aside the alienation
F#              G#m         G#7 G#m
Get on with the fascination ■   ■  
E                
The real relation
F#             D#m   G#m7
The underlying theme ■   
E                
The real relation
F#  G#m7            
The underlying theme


[Outro]
E F# G#m7 G#m E F# G#m E
■ ■  ■    ■   ■ ■  ■   ■
F# D#sus4 D#m7 G#sus4
■  ■      ■    ■     


[End]