Limelight Chords

180,755 views, added to favorites 6,900 times

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

Author MatisyahuFan [pro] 3,647.

3 contributors total, last edit on Jul 30, 2020

We have an official Limelight tab made by UG professional guitarists.

Check out the tab

Chords

G#m

Strumming

There is no strumming pattern for this song yet. Create and get +5 IQ

Artist: Rush
Song: Limelight
Album: Moving Pictures
 
B    799800 or x24400 or x24442
G#m  466400 or 466444
F#   244300 or 244322
E    022100
 
 
[Intro]
 
e|----------------------------------|     e|------------|
B|----------------------------r-----|     B|------------|
G|------------4-------4-----2-e-----| x3  G|------------|
D|----------2-4-------4-----2-s-----|     D|----------2-|
A|------0-4---2-------2-----0-t-----|     A|------0-4---|
E|--0-4-------------------4---------|     E|--0-4-------|
 
[Riff]
   B     A       E
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-4-----4---4---4-------------| x4
D|-4-----2---2---2-------------|
A|-2-----0---0---2-------0-4-0-|
E|---------------0---2-4-------|
 
[Verse 1]
B           G#m
Living on a lighted stage
  F#             E
Approaches the unreal
    F#                  E
For those who think and feel
   B               G#m
In touch with some reality
  F#              B    A E   B A E
Beyond the gilded cage
 
B              G#m
Cast in this unlikely role,
F#              E
Ill-equipped to act
     F#           E
With insufficient tact
B               G#m
One must put up barriers
   F#             B    A E
To keep oneself intact
 
[Chorus]
G#m           E
Living in the limelight
    F#        G#m
The universal dream
    E                 F#    G#m
For those who wish to seem
E                 F#
Those who wish to be
     G#m           E
Must put aside the alienation
F#              G#m
Get on with the fascination
    E
The real relation
    F#           G#m
The underlying theme
 
B A E x2
 
[Verse 2]
B           G#m
Living in a fisheye lens
       F#            E
Caught in the camera eye
  F#               E
I have no heart to lie
  B               G#m
I can't pretend a stranger
     F#           B    A E   B A E
Is a long-awaited friend
 
B                 G#m
All the world's indeed a stage
    F#             E
And we are merely players
   F#              E
Performers and portrayers
B              G#m
Each another's audience
   F#              B    A E
Outside the gilded cage
 
[Chorus]
G#m           E
Living in the limelight
    F#        G#m
The universal dream
    E                 F#    G#m
For those who wish to seem
E                 F#
Those who wish to be
     G#m           E
Must put aside the alienation
F#              G#m
Get on with the fascination
    E
The real relation
    F#           G#m
The underlying theme
 
[Solo]
G#m E F# G#m
 
[Chorus]
G#m           E
Living in the limelight
    F#        G#m
The universal dream
    E                 F#    G#m
For those who wish to seem
E                 F#
Those who wish to be
     G#m           E
Must put aside the alienation
F#              G#m
Get on with the fascination
    E
The real relation
    F#           G#m
The underlying theme
X

Create correction

Please rate this tab

Font

Transpose

11 comments

Great song, and thanks for charting her out! Hey, check this out, at the end, when you let Neil finish his flaming outro on the drums, keep down-strumming in G#m during his down beats, and it will be awesome. I did this in a live set, just me and my acoustic and a drummer, and it was so dope! Keep rockin'!

Not sure about the novice tag, but this is bang on the money mate

Absolutely perfect!