The Greatest Show On Earth

[Verse 1]
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If I couldn't sing
                       Bm         A
How love's the hardest easy thing
                  G
And if I couldn't sing you my life
 
Hiding here in the spotlight
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And if you couldn't hear me
              Bm   A
If I couldn't feel
              G
If I couldn't feel your touch again
 
When nerve ends fray and there's nothing to say
           D
Not even a prayer
 
It's a beautiful night somewhere
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
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(Ooh) Oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm
(Ooh) Oh-oh-oh-oh
A                        G
(Ooh, ooh) If I couldn't say it now
 
Tell me how
 
 
[Chorus]
           Bm                A
If this is love, and love is all we've got
                Em
You can show me what it is
               G
I can show you what it's not
           Bm                            A
If this is love, don't act suprised when you get hurt
                   G
Even if our dreams lay in the dirt
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We were once the greatest show on earth
 
 
[Verse 2]
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Is that a smile or a tear?
                      Bm      A
Is it all show business here?
        G
The cinema that is stained glass
                                        Bm
You're at the altar at our wedding mass
          D
Is this a church of love or fear?
 
Have we made God feel like a stranger here?
 
 
[Pre-Chorus]
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(Ooh) Oh-oh-oh-oh
Bm
(Ooh) Oh-oh-oh-oh
A          G
(Ooh, ooh) Say it now
 
Tell me how
 
 
[Chorus]
           Bm                A
If this is love, and love is all we've got
                Em
You can show me what it is
               G
I can show you what it's not
           Bm                       A
If this is love, we make cathedrals of our hurt
                     G
People digging their dreams out of the dirt
 
We were once the greatest show on earth
 
 
[Outro]
Bm
  Love is a business that works at night
A
 I sold myself for less than was right
    Em
You taught me what I was worth
       G
In the greatest show on earth
Bm
  Made a profession out of breaking your heart
A
 You call it lies, I call it art
      Em
I was some of your best work
                 G
We were once the greatest show on earth
Bm
  Love is a business you shouldn't trust
A
 Breathe on me and I'm love and I'm lust
   Em
Forever or a flirt?
    G
The greatest show on earth
Bm
  The light scatters things can get worse
A
 These dark matters of the universe
      G
Could not compete with us
                          Bm      D
We were once the greatest show on earth