Spotlight Acoustic Live chords by Dave Matthews Band

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Performance: Spotlight - Live at Trax, Charlottesville, VA, 11.11.1992

Key: F

Intro:

A#            Dm            G       Am          F
In the spotlight life is so peachy, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
A#                   Dm            G      Am
Wouldn't you like to retire with a million?

break:
F

Verse 1:

F                 Am     F                 Am
A million beating hearts behind brick and cold steel piping
F                Am   F               Am
Fighting for the top, fighting for the room to be
F                   Am   F            Am
bench park sleepers Like cold blanket bedless babies
F         Am         F              Am
Here this must stop, here I cannot stay

Pre-Chorus:
G     Am G     Am
Damn you Big city,
             D       Em7                        G        Am
black city rises and around me, steal my soul away
G       G Am
Big city,
G Am           D              Em7                           G        Am
black city rises and take me over, steal my soul away


Pre-Chorus 2:
  Gm7                                      Bb
but out, out in the world, the night it falls
               Am
it falls much harder than I recall
Gm7                          Bb               Am
out in the world, the sirens from every corner to say


Chorus:
A#            Dm            G       Am           F
In the spotlight life is so peachy, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
A#            Dm            G       Am                F
Unless your sure in the spotlight for reason,yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
A#            Dm            G       Am       F
caught for stealing somebodys riches, no, no, no, no
A#            Dm            G       Am            F
Wouldnt you like to retire with a million, bucks? Yeah

break:
F

Verse 2:
F               Am
came here from this small town
F                    Am
seen my dreams here in the big city
F              Am    F              Am
how dissapointing, here I cannot stay


Pre-Chorus:

G         Am     G Am
Damn you Big city,
             D       Em7                        G        Am
black city rises and around me, steal my soul away
G         Am     G Am
Big city,
           D              Em7                           G        Am
black city rises and take me over, steal my soul away

Pre-Chorus 2:
 Gm7                                      Bb
but out, out in the world, the night it falls
               Am
it falls much ahrder than I recall
Gm7                          Bb               Am
out in the world, the sirens from every corner to say

Chorus:

A#            Dm            G       Am                    F
In the spotlight life is so peachy, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
A#            Dm            G       Am                    F
Unless youre in the spotlight for reason, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
A#            Dm            G       Am                    F
Caught for stealing somebodys riches, no, no, no, no
A#            Dm            G       Am                    F
Wouldn't you like to retire with a million bucks? yeah

Outro:
F