B: 799800 or x24400 or x24442 G#m: 466400 or 466444 F#: 244300 or 244322 E: 022100 Intro: e|--------------------------------| e|---------------| B|--------------------------------| B|---------------| G|----------------4-----4------2--| x3 G|---------------| D|------------2---4-----4------2--| D|------------2--| A|-------0-4------2-----2------0--| A|-------0-4-----| E|--0-4---------------------4-----| E|--0-4----------| Riff: BAE e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|--4-----2--2---------------------| D|--4-----2--2---2-----------------| A|--2-----0--0---2------0-4-0------| E|---------------0--2-4------------| 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 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 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 AE 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 E Outside the gilded cage Chorus Solo: G#m E F# G#m Chorus