The Greatest Show On Earth chords by Nightwish

Chords with lyrics

I. Four Point Six:

From 00:00 to 01:32

Dsus4Dsus4 DmDm E/D DmDm Gmadd9/D DmDm E/D DmDm
C minorCm     Eb MajorEb A/C#A/C#
Dsus4Dsus4 DmDm E/D DmDm Gmadd9/D DmDm E/D DmDm
C minorCm     Eb MajorEb A/C#A/C#

G minorGm  Eb MajorEb  FF  Eb MajorEb G minorGm  Bb majorBb
G minorGm  Eb MajorEb  FF  Eb MajorEb G minorGm  Bb majorBb C majorC


From 01:32 to 02:57

DmDm  F minorFm DmDm E MajorE DmDm DdimDdim E MajorE F minorFm DmDm  E MajorE F minorFm DmDm  Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 DmDm Dmadd9Dmadd9

DmDm C majorC G+G DmDm
Dm Bb majorBb Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Dm C majorC G+G DmDm
Dm Bb majorBb Bb majorBb C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm

DmDm  DdimDdim DmDm

From 02:57 to 04:28

Dsus4Dsus4 DmDm E7/D DmDm Gmadd9/D DmDm E/D DmDm
C minorCm     Eb MajorEb A/C#A/C#
Dsus4Dsus4 DmDm E/D DmDm Gmadd9/D DmDm E/D DmDm
C minorCm     Eb MajorEb A/C#A/C#

G minorGm  Eb MajorEb  FF  Eb MajorEb G minorGm  Bb majorBb
G minorGm  Eb MajorEb  FF  Eb MajorEb G minorGm  Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm


From 04:28 to 05:01

DmDm Bb majorBb C majorC G+G Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
Bb majorBb C majorC G+G C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
C majorC D MajorD A/EA/E  E minorEm  A/EA/E  E minorEm


From 05:01 to 05:46

E minorEm D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
Em C majorC C majorC D MajorD E minorEm
Em D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
Em C majorC C majorC D MajorD E minorEm

Lyrics sung by Floor Janses from 03:44 to 05:46:

Archaean horizon

The first sunrise

On a pristine Gaea

Opus perfectum

Somewhere there, us sleeping


Spoken:

"After sleeping through a hundred million centuries

We have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet

Sparkling with color, bountiful with life

Within decades we must close our eyes again

Isn't it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief

Time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe

And how we have come to wake up in it?"


II. Life: (Guitar Part - Transpose 1 step up and play power chords with D MajorD Standard tuning)

From 05:46 to 06:15

G minorGm FF C majorC G minorGm
Gm C minorCm Bb majorBb FF G minorGm FF
G minorGm FF C majorC G minorGm
Gm Eb MajorEb Eb MajorEb FF G minorGm F#F#


From 06:15 to 06:57

FF E minorEm FF E minorEm FF E minorEm Em FF E minorEm D MajorD FF G+G FF E minorEm FF E minorEm FF E minorEm

FF E minorEm FF E minorEm FF E minorEm Em FF E minorEm D MajorD FF G+G FF E minorEm FF E minorEm FF E minorEm Em E minorEm G+G A augmentedA Bb majorBb (x3)


Lyrics: (spoken)

The cosmic law of gravity

Pulled the newborns around a fire

A augmentedA careless, cold infinity

In every vast direction

Lonely farer in the Goldilocks zone

She has a tale to tell

From the stellar nursery into a carbon feast

Enter LUCA


From 06:57 to 07:43

BbmBbm    Eb MajorEb  BbmBbm  Eb MajorEb
The tapestry of chemistry
     GbGb  BbmBbm   GbGb
There's a writing in the garden
GbGb     FF
Leading us to the mother of all


G minorGm   FF
We are one
  C majorC     G minorGm
We are the universe
G minorGm     C minorCm         Bb majorBb    FF   G minorGm  FF
Forbears of what will be scions of the Devonian sea
G minorGm  FF    C majorC          G minorGm
Aeons pass, writing the tale of us all
G minorGm        Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA day-to-day new opening
    Eb MajorEb    FF    G minorGm  F#F#
For the greatest show on Earth


From 07:43 to 07:56

FF E minorEm FF E minorEm FF E minorEm Em FF E minorEm D MajorD FF G+G FF E minorEm FF E minorEm FF E minorEm

FF E minorEm FF E minorEm FF E minorEm Em FF E minorEm D MajorD FF G+G FF E minorEm FF E minorEm FF E minorEm Em E minorEm G+G A augmentedA Bb majorBb (x2)


Lyrics: (spoken)

Ion channels

Welcoming the outside world to the stuff of stars

Bedding the tree of a biological holy

Enter life


From 07:56 to 08:43

BbmBbm    Eb MajorEb  BbmBbm  Eb MajorEb
The tapestry of chemistry
     GbGb  BbmBbm   GbGb
There's a writing in the garden
GbGb     FF
Leading us to the mother of all


G minorGm   FF
We are one
  C majorC     G minorGm
We are the universe
G minorGm     C minorCm         Bb majorBb    FF   G minorGm  FF
Forbears of what will be scions of the Devonian sea
G minorGm  FF    C majorC          G minorGm
Aeons pass, writing the tale of us all
G minorGm        Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA day-to-day new opening
    Eb MajorEb    FF    G minorGm
For the greatest show on Earth


From 08:43 to 09:12

G minorGm
C minorCm FF
G minorGm
C minorCm FF G minorGm FF AbAb

G minorGm FF G minorGm FF Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Gm C minorCm FF G minorGm


From 09:12 to 10:09

C minorCm   Bb majorBb   FF      C minorCm
We are here to care for the garden
C minorCm       Bb majorBb       FF        C minorCm  G minorGm  FF G minorGm
The wonder of, birth of, every form most beautiful
   FF     Eb MajorEb    G minorGm    C minorCm FF G minorGm  FF AbAb
Every form most beautiful


C minorCm   Bb majorBb
We are one
  FF     C minorCm
We are the universe
C minorCm     F minorFm         AbAb    Bb majorBb   C minorCm
Forbears of what will be scions of the Devonian sea
G minorGm  FF    C majorC          G minorGm
Aeons pass, writing the tale of us all
G minorGm        Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA day-to-day new opening
    Eb MajorEb    FF    G minorGm  F#F# E minorEm
For the greatest show on Earth


III. The Toolmaker: (Guitar Part - Transpose 1 step up and play power chords with D MajorD Standard tuning)

From 10:09 to 10:50

E minorEm  F#F#  D/F#D/F#  Em/GEm/G (x8)


From 10:50 to 11:30

Animal noises


From 11:29 to 11:53 (piano chords)

G+G E minorEm Bb majorBb E minorEm B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G E minorEm (x4)


From 11:53 to 13:46

G+G E minorEm Bb majorBb E minorEm B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G E minorEm Bb majorBb E minorEm
G+G E minorEm Bb majorBb E minorEm B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G E minorEm Bb majorBb E minorEm C majorC BB (x2)

E minorEm
After a billion years
E minorEm
The show is still here
E minorEm
Not a single one of your fathers died young
E minorEm
The handy travelers out of Africa
E minorEm         C majorC BB Bb majorBb
Little Lucy of the Afar

E minorEm
Gave birth to fantasy
E minorEm
To idolatry
E minorEm
To self destructive weaponry
E minorEm
Enter the god of gaps
E minorEm
Deep within the past
E minorEm           C majorC BB Bb majorBb
Atavistic dread of the hunted


G+G E minorEm Bb majorBb E minorEm B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G E minorEm Bb majorBb E minorEm
G+G E minorEm Bb majorBb E minorEm B minorBm C majorC E minorEm G+G E minorEm Bb majorBb E minorEm C majorC BB

E minorEm
Enter Ionia
E minorEm
The cradle of thought
E minorEm
The architecture of understanding
E minorEm
The human lust to feel so exceptional
E minorEm      C majorC BB Bb majorBb
To rule the Earth

E minorEm
Hunger for shiny rocks
E minorEm
For giant mushroom clouds
E minorEm
The will to do just as you'd be done by
E minorEm
Enter history
E minorEm
The grand finale
E minorEm     C majorC BB Bb majorBb
Enter ratkind

A minorAm
Man, he took his time in the sun
    G+G       A minorAm
Had a dream to understand
 G+G        FF
A augmentedA single grain of sand
A minorAm
He gave birth to poetry
  G+G     FF
But one day'll cease to be
     DmDm         FF    E MajorE
Greet the last light of the library


From 13:46 to 14:23

Hold E MajorE

Mixed sounds, along with Thomas of Celano's Dies Irae and Bach's Minuet in G+G


From 14:23 to 16:28

E minorEm (played along with Bach's Toccata and Fugue, and Metallica's Enter Sandman)

C majorC BB Bb majorBb

E MajorE

C majorC BB Bb majorBb


A minorAm
Man, he took his time in the sun
    G+G       A minorAm
Had a dream to understand
 G+G        FF
A augmentedA single grain of sand
A minorAm
He gave birth to poetry
  G+G     FF
But one day'll cease to be
     DmDm         FF    E MajorE
Greet the last light of the library

A minorAm
Man, he took his time in the sun
    G+G       A minorAm
Had a dream to understand
 G+G        FF
A augmentedA single grain of sand
A minorAm
He gave birth to poetry
  G+G     FF
But one day'll cease to be
     DmDm         FF    E MajorE
Greet the last light of the library

    C majorC   D MajorD
We were here!

    E minorEm
We were here!

    C majorC   D MajorD
We were here!

    E minorEm      (blast sound)
We were here!


IV. The Understanding: (back to piano chords)


From 16:28 to 16:53

Mixed sounds


From 16:23 to 19:05

E minorEm C majorC D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
Em A minorAm G+G D MajorD C majorC E minorEm (x2)

G minorGm Eb MajorEb FF Eb MajorEb G minorGm
Gm C minorCm Bb majorBb FF Eb MajorEb G minorGm  (x2)


From 19:05 to 20:40

G minorGm G+G G minorGm G+G Am/GAm/G G/BG/B C minorCm G+G

C minorCm Bb majorBb FF (x2)

C minorCm Bb/DBb/D Eb MajorEb Fm/Ab Bbsus4Bbsus4 Bb majorBb

C minorCm Bb majorBb FF (x2)

C minorCm Bb/DBb/D Eb MajorEb Fm/Ab C minorCm


Lyrics: (spoken)

"We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones

Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born

The potential people who could have been here in my place

But who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara

Certainly those unborn ghosts include greater poets than Keats, scientists greater than Newton

We know this because the set of possible people allowed by our DNA

So massively exceeds the set of actual people

In the teeth of those stupefying odds it is you and I, in our ordinariness, that are here

We privileged few, who won the lottery of birth against all odds

How dare we whine at our inevitable return to that prior state

From which the vast majority have never stirred?"


V. Sea-Worn Driftwood:

From 20:40 to 24:01

Instrumental:

Ambient sounds


Lyrics: (spoken)

"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers

Having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one

And that whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity

From so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been

And are being, evolved"


Ends on sea and nature noises