Limelight

G#m7:    4x444x
F#4:     244400
Intro:

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                 B     A     E
B            G#m              F#            E
Living on a lighted stage approaches the unreal,
    F#                    E
for those who think and feel
   B                 G#m      F#             B A E
in touch with some reality beyond the gilded cage.

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B A E

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B               G#m          F#              E
Cast in this unlikely role, ill equipped to act,
  F#             E
within suficient tact,
B               G#m        F#                B A E
one must put up barriers to keep one self in tact.

refrão

   G#m7          E              F#4       G#m7
   Living in the limelight: the universal dream
        E                F#4    G#m7
   for those who wish to seem.
   E                  F#      G#m           E
   Those who wish to be must put a side the alienation,
   F#                G#m
   get on with the fascination,
       E                  F#         G#m    E  F#
   the real relation, the underlying theme.
B  A  E  [62 64 50 54 50]  [2x]
B            G#m                  F#            E
Living in a fish-eye lens, caught in the camera eye,
  F#                E
I have no heart to lie.
   B               G#m           F#           B A E
I can't pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend.

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B  A  E

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B               G#m                 F#           E
All the world's indeed a stage, and we are merely players,
    F#              E
performers and portrayers,
B               G#m        F#               B  A  E
each another's audience, outside the gilded cage

solo

G#m7  E  F#4  G#m7
        G#m   E  F#   G#m

refrão

E  F#  G#m
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refrão

Guitar tabs for : Limelight
                  Patrick Ryan
The solo is a blatant infringement of copyright, for it has been reproduced
appeared in Guitar, May 85.

repeat two times

measure 3/4
Chorus arpeggiation:

repeat twice

Then the straight rhythm ("Those who wish to be..")
measure 4/4:

repeat twice

Fill up one measure with E and one with F#7add4 in 4/4 rhytm,
go back once to the arpeggio. Then do the second riff of the intro twice and
go back to the verses etc. etc.

repeat twice

Right before the solo in the chorus, instead of returning to the chorus
arpeggiations, play the G# sus 4 for one more measure, then go ahead with:

repeat twice

      NH

repeat twice

              _                _
16->-(19)!--14-16->-(18)-!->-16-14-16-18-16--16-18-16--18-19-16------

repeat twice

Hold the last note almost indefinately. A little (or actually, a bit more)
feedback wouldn't hurt. It's the incredibly long magic note.
After the solo, play the chorus arpeggiation once more, and get back into the
chorus. The final chord of the song is the G#sus4 again.

repeat twice

Legend:
|  - A pair of these indicate a part of music, not the usuals bars.
:  - Indicates that a part is to be repeated. This may be ommited, you should
     hear it too.
_  - Indicates a hammer-on or pull-off (You should know which is appropriate)
>  - Indicates a bend-up or down or a slide. With a bend, the note to bend to
     is between '(' and ')'. Use the whammy for a downbend. With a slide, the
     follow-up note is the one to be slid to.
!  - Indicates vibrato.
^  - Indicates a tapped harmonic. Is printed below the note.
.  - Under the strings, it indicates the note is staccato (short).
\  - Indicates a general slide downwards from note, to no note in particular.
AH - Indicates adding artificial harmonic with pick hand.
NH - Natural harmonic.

repeat twice

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HAPPY PLAYING!!