Performance chords by The Xx

Chords with lyrics

Verse + Pre-Chorus   Chorus
------------------   -------------------
A minorAm x0221x       A minorAm x-12-14-14-13-x
E minorEm 02200x       E minorEm x7998x
DmDm xx023x       DmDm x5776x
FF  13321x       FF  1332xx
G+G  35543x       G+G  3554xx

-- See bottom for individual chorus notes --


Capo 4th fret


[Verse 1]
  A minorAm                    E minorEm
If I scream at the top of my lungs, will you hear what I don't say
  DmDm                  FF      G+G
If I dance like I'm on a stage, will you see I seem out of place
   A minorAm                E minorEm
If I put on a disguise, will you think everything's alright
   DmDm                  FF       G+G
If I leave before the end, will you forget that I was there

[Pre-Chorus 1]
         A minorAm              E minorEm
When you saw me leaving, did you think I had a place to go
           DmDm         FF
Since you stopped believing, I've had to put on my own show


[Chorus 1]
         A minorAm            E minorEm
I'll put on a performance, I'll put on a show
      DmDm         FF  G+G
It is a performance, I do it all so
         A minorAm              E minorEm
You won't see my hurting, when my heart it breaks
         DmDm             FF   G+G
I'll put on a performance, I'll put on a brave face


[Verse 2]
A minorAm                  E minorEm
  Even when I was hiding, you could always find me
DmDm                    FF         G+G
  Now you've stopped looking for me, but I'm still playing hide and seek
A minorAm           E minorEm
  I want you to notice, but you just don't see
DmDm              FF         G+G
  The show is wasted on you, so I perform for me

[Pre-Chorus 2]
         A minorAm              E minorEm
When you saw me leaving, did you think I had a place to go
           DmDm         FF        G+G
Since you stopped believing, I've had to put on my own show


[Chorus 2]
A minorAm E minorEm DmDm FF G+G
         A minorAm            E minorEm
I'll put on a performance, I'll put on a show
      DmDm         FF  G+G
It is a performance, I do it all so
         A minorAm              E minorEm
You won't see my hurting, when my heart it breaks
         DmDm             FF   G+G
I'll put on a performance, I'll put on a brave face


[Chorus]:
  A minorAm                         E minorEm
e|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |
BB|-----------13----------------------13--------------|--------8---------------8--------| |
G+G|--------14----14----------------14----14-----------|------9---9-----------9---9------| |
D MajorD|-----14----------14----------14----------14--------|----9-------9-------9-------9----| |
A augmentedA|--12----------------12-12-12----------------12-12--|-\7-----------7---7-----------7--| |
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |
                                             |
  DmDm                FF         G+G                | x2
e|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------| |
BB|--------6---------------6--------|-----------------|---------------------------------| |
G+G|------7---7-----------7---7------|--------2--------|--------4------------------------| |
D MajorD|----7-------7-------7-------7----|------3---3------|------5---5----------------------| |
A augmentedA|--5-----------5-5-5-----------5\-|----3-------3----|----5-------5--------------------| |
E MajorE|---------------------------------|--1-----------1--|-/3-----------3------------------| |