B:   x24442 or x24400

G#m: 466444 or 464644

F#:  244322 or 244300





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   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



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   B A E

Outside the gilded cage



Chorus



Solo: G#m E F# G#m



Chorus