The Show Must Go On chords by Three Dog Night (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Baby, although I chose this lonely life

It seems it's strangling me now

All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic car

They're all laughing at the lie

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Chorus 1

Oh, I've been used, ouuh

I've been a fool oh, what a fool

I broke all the rules oh, yeah

But I must let the show go on

Verse 2
F 
Baby, there's an enormous crowd of people
C 
They're all after my blood
F 
I wish maybe they'd tear
down the walls of this theater
C 
Let me out, let me out

Chorus 2

Oh, I'm so blind oh, I'm blind

I wasted time wasted, wasted, wasted time

Walking on the wire, high wire

But I must let the show go on

Interlude 1

Chorus 3
Dm 
Am 
Oh, I'm so blind oh, I'm blind
Dm 
I wasted time wasted, wasted,
Am 
wasted all too much time
Dm 
Am 
Walking on the wire, high wire
Bb 
F 
But I must let the show go on

Verse 3

Baby, I wish you'd help me escape

Help me get away

Leave me outside my address

Far away from this masquerade

Chorus 4
Dm 
Am 
'Cause I've been blind oh, so blind
Dm 
I wasted time wasted, wasted,
Am 
wasted all too much time
Dm 
Am 
Walking on the wire, high wire
Bb 
But I must let the show go
I must let the show go
F 
I must let the show go on

Outro 1

[Repeat and fade]

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: F majorBPM: 103

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Db: x-4-6-6-6-x
Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
Bb: x-1-3-3-3-x

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This is the definitive original version of The Show Must Go On by Three Dog Night, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of F major. It suits players who want to learn The Show Must Go On the way Three Dog Night intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.