[Intro] G  F  Am  C

[Primera Parte]

G
Watch children cry
    F
The pageant sells the lie
                  Am                 C
Third place isn't winning, you know
    G
And neither is first
             F
The pressure and the thirst
         Am              C
For this skeleton's show

[Pre-Estribillo]

C         D
  I am so thin-skinned
C                   D
  Don't scratch the surface
C               D
  Please let me live within
C             D
  Within this circus

[Estribillo]

       G
Little dreams come crashing
         F
Let them wave in passing
                  Am
'Cause fame won't love you like a mother
       C
Like a father should
            G
And you may wish for Oscars
         F
Grammys and blockbusters
           Am
Fame won't love you like a brother, like a
C
Lovеr should

[Post-Refrão]

 G   F
No, oh
           Am
Fame won't love you like a mothеr, like a
C
Father should
 G     F
Woah, oh
           Am
Fame won't love you like a mothеr, like a
C
Father should

[Segunda Parte]

  G
I searched in your eyes
         F
For some glimmer of light
    Am                            C
Tap dancing for one million miles
  G
I looked for the smiles
              F
Oh, hoping in them I'd find
           Am                 C
Validation for my futile existence

[Pre-Estribillo]

C         D
  I am so thin-skinned
C                   D
  Don't scratch the surface
C               D
  Please let me live within
C             D
  Within this circus

[Estribillo]

       G
Little dreams come crashing
         F
Let them wave in passing
                  Am
'Cause fame won't love you like a mother
       C
Like a father should
            G
And you may wish for Oscars
         F
Grammys and blockbusters
           Am
Fame won't love you like a brother, like a
C
Lovеr should

[Post-Refrão]

 G   F
No, no
           Am
Fame won't love you like a mothеr, like a
C
Father should
 G   F
No, no
           Am
Fame won't love you like a mothеr, like a
C
Father should

[Final]

 G   F
No, oh
           Am
Fame won't love you like a mothеr, like a
C
Father should
 G     F
Woah, oh
           Am
Fame won't love you like a mothеr, like a
C
Father should
   G
Woah