[Intro]
C - B7
[Strophe]
                    Em 
I'm up on the tightwire  
                Am 
one side's ice and one is fire  
        C        G                             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                   D 
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                                C 
a comedy of errors and I'm falling 
[Refrain]
           G                D/F# 
Like a rubber-neck giraffe   
        Em             D 
you look into my past  
        C                                               B7 
well maybe you're just to blind to - see  
                    Em 
I'm up in the spotlight  
                  Am 
ohh does it feel right  
             C          G                         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  
           C       G                   D 
putting on a show for you to see
[Interlude]
Bm - C
[Refrain]
           G                D/F# 
Like a rubber-neck giraffe   
        Em             D 
you look into my past   
        C                                                 B7 
well maybe you're just too blind to - see  
                     Em 
I'm up in the spotlight   
                  Am 
ohh does it feel right  
             C          G                     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  
            C      G                        F#m  B7 
putting on a show for you to see 
[Outro]
Em - Am - C - G - F#m - B7