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Song title:      Tight Rope
Original Album:	 Carney

Words and Music by Leon Russell
Copyright © 1972 Shelter Records
Published by ???

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:
Chords:
C  x32010 or x35553
B7 x2120x or x24242

  C
|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


                                            B7
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------0-----------------------|
|------------R-E-S-T--------------|---------2-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------1-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------2-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


VERSE1:
Chords:
Em  022000 or x79987    D   xx0232 or x57775
Am  x02210 or 577555    F#m 244222
C   x32010 or x35553    B7  x21202 or x24242
G   320033 or 355433    Bm  x24432

              Em                     Am
I'm up on the tight-wire, one side's ice and one is fire 
       C      G                 F#m | B7 | 
It's a circus game with you and me
 
              Em                     Am
I'm up on the tight-rope, one side's hate and one is hope 
        C             G               D
But the top-hat on my head is all you see

        Bm                         Em
And the wire seems to be, the only place for me 
  Bm                       C
A comedy of errors and I'm falling 


CHORUS1:
Chords:
G   320033 or 355433    B7  x2120x or 797877
D   xx0232              Am  x02210 or 577555
Em  022000              F#m 244222
C   x32010 or x35553
 
       G             D          Em           D
Like a rubber-neck giraffe, you look into my past
      C                                | B7 | 
Well, maybe you're just too blind to see

              Em                     Am
I'm up in the spotlight, oh, does it feel right 
        C   G                    F#m | B7 |
Oh, the altitude seems to get to me 
              Em                    Am
I'm up on the tight-wire flanked by life and the funeral pyre,
C            G               D
Putting on a show for you to see


[Keyboard INTERLUDE]


CHORUS2:
Chords:
G   320033 or 355433    B7  x2120x or 797877
D   xx0232              Am  x02210 or 577555
Em  022000              F#m 244222
C   x32010 or x35553

       G             D          Em           D
Like a rubber-neck giraffe, you look into my past
      C                                | B7 | 
Well, maybe you're just too blind to see

              Em                     Am
I'm up in the spotlight, oh, does it feel right 
        C        G                F#m | B7 |
Oh, the altitude really to get to me 
              Em                    Am
I'm up on the tight-wire flanked by life and the funeral pyre,
C            G               D  | B7 |
Putting on a show for you to see


OUTRO:

[piano improvises over VERSE chords to fade:]

[play: | Em | Am | C | G | F#m | B7 |]  [x2]