Tom: C
Intro: (C Bb)
C
Curtains open up the scene
Bb C
Spotlights shine on you and me tonight
C
Pretending for the crowd below,
Bb C
We put on a real good show, but it's a lie
Dm
We can't help but cause a fight,
Am
It's the same old drama every night
F
I walk off stage cause this whole play
G
Is more than I can take
C Am
Oh, I don't want it to be over
F Dm G
But we need a break before you break my heart
C Am
Oh, We can't live this scene forever
F Dm G
Right now you and me are better, better off apart
Bb G#
But I'll still love you when the lights come up
C
For our intermission
C
I was once put out the door
Bb C
I couldn't play that part no more, with you
C
The chemistry just wasn't there
Bb F G
I couldn't act like I didn't care, when I do, I do
Dm
We can't help but cause a fight,
Am
It's the same old drama every night
F
I walk off stage cause this whole play
G
Is more than I can take
C Am
No, I don't want it to be over
F Dm G
But we need a break before you break my heart
C Am
Oh, we can't live this scene forever
F Dm G
Right now you and me are better, better off apart
Bb C
But I'll still love you when the lights come up
Bb C#
Yeah, I'll still love you when the lights come up
D
(When the lights come up)
D F D
We're like actors in a play living out our love on stage
F
But you keep saying the same old lines to me, yeah
Dm
So where we fell off track
F G D
But I know love will lead us back.
D Bm
Oh, I don't want it to be over,
G Em A
But we need a break before you break my heart
D Bm
Oh, we can't live this scene forever
G Em A
Right now you and me are better, better off apart
C D
And I'll still love you when the lights come up
C E F A D
Yeah, I'll still love you when the lights come up, oh oh oh
G
Baby I'm gonna love you when the lights come up
Bm A F
I'll still gonna love you when the lights come up
D G Bm
Baby I'm gonna love you when the lights come up.
Bb
For our intermission
