[Intro]
C - B7
[Verse]
                    Em 
I'm up on the tightwire  
                Am 
one side's ice and one is fire  
        C        G                
its a circus game with you and me 
             F#m     B7 
 
its a circus game with you and me  
                    Em 
I'm up on the tightrope  
                Am 
one side's hate and one is hope  
            C                   G    
but the top hat on my head is all you
               D 
 see  
but the top hat on my head is all you see  
            Bm 
And the wire seems to be   
              Em 
the only place for me  
   Bm                             
a comedy of errors and I'm falling
   C 
 
a comedy of errors and I'm falling 
[Chorus]
           G                D/F# 
Like a rubber-neck giraffe   
        Em             D 
you look into my past  
        C                           
well maybe you're just to blind to -
                    B7 
 see  
well maybe you're just to blind to - see  
                    Em 
I'm up in the spotlight  
                  Am 
ohh does it feel right  
             C          G           
ohh the altitude seems to get to me 
              F#m   B7 
 
ohh the altitude seems to get to me  
                     Em 
I'm up on the tightwire  
                 Am 
flanked by life and the funeral pyre 
 
flanked by life and the funeral pyre  
           C       G        
putting on a show for you to
           D 
 see
putting on a show for you to see
[Interlude]
Bm - C
[Chorus]
           G                D/F# 
Like a rubber-neck giraffe   
        Em             D 
you look into my past   
        C                            
well maybe you're just too blind to -
                     B7 
 see  
well maybe you're just too blind to - see  
                     Em 
I'm up in the spotlight   
                  Am 
ohh does it feel right  
             C          G          
ohh the altitude really gets to me 
           F#m    B7 
 
ohh the altitude really gets to me  
                     Em 
I'm up on the tightwire  
                 Am 
flanked by life and the funeral pyre 
 
flanked by life and the funeral pyre  
            C      G            
putting on a show for you to see
            F#m  B7 
 
putting on a show for you to see 
[Outro]
Em - Am - C - G - F#m - B7