The Camera Eye Chords by Rush

The Camera Eye chords by Rush

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Chords:
Ab7sus4 xx6679
Bbsus2 x333xx
C xx555x
C* x755xx (alternate shape)
C5 x35xxx
Csus4 x855xx
Db x866xx
Db5 x46xxx
Dbsus4 x966xx
F xx3211
Fsus4 xx3311
G xx543x

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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

Intro 1:

N.C.
|1+2+3+4+| x17(?)

Intro 2:

 C   G    F        Bbsus2
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+| x8
 C   G    Fsus4    Bbsus2
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+| x3

Intro 3:

 Db5                                 C5
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+| x2

   Db5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-6---4------3---|----------------|-6---4------3---|
A|-4----------4---|----------------|-4----------4---|----------------|
E|----4-----------|----------------|----4-----------|----------------|

   C5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
E|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|

   Db5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-6---4------3---|----------------|-6---4------3---|
A|-4----------4---|----------------|-4----------4---|----------------|
E|----4-----------|----------------|----4-----------|----------------|

   C5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
E|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|

   Db5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|-9--7-------6---|----------------|-9--7-------6---|
G|-6----------6---|----------------|-6----------6---|----------------|
D|----6-----------|----------------|----6-----------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

   C5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-5----------5---|-5----------5---|-5----------5---|-5----------5---|
D|----3-----------|----3-----------|----3-----------|----3-----------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Intro 4:

e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|-5-----5--5-----5-5-|-5-----5---5-5-5-5--|-5-----5--5-----5-5-|-5-----5---5-5-5-5--|
A|-7-----5--8-----5-5-|-7-----5---7-8-8-5--|-7-----5--8-----5-5-|-7-----5---7-8-8-5--|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

Verse 1:
1st part - strummed chords:

C
Grim-faced and forbidding, their faces closed tight,
   F
An angular mass of New Yorkers,
C
Pacing in rhythm, race the oncoming night.
     F
They chase through the streets of Manhattan.
C
Head-first humanity pause at a light
     F
Then flow through the streets of the city.

e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|-5-----5--5-----5-5-|-5-----5---5-5-5-5--|-5-----5--5-----5-5-|-5-----5---5-5-5-5--|
A|-7-----5--8-----5-5-|-7-----5---7-8-8-5--|-7-----5--8-----5-5-|-7-----5---7-8-8-5--|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|-5-----5--5-----5-5-|-5-----5---5-5-5-5--|--------------------|--------------------|
D|-7-----5--8-----5-5-|-7-----5---7-8-8-5--|-5-----5--5-----5-5-|-5-----5---5-5-5-5--|
A|--------------------|--------------------|-7-----5--8-----5-5-|-7-----5---7-8-8-5--|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

   Db5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-6---4------3---|----------------|-6---4------3---|
A|-4----------4---|----------------|-4----------4---|----------------|
E|----4-----------|----------------|----4-----------|----------------|

   C5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
E|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|

Verse 1:
2nd part - arpeggiated chords:

Db Dbsus4 Db     Dbsus4  Db Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4
            They seem ob-li-vious     to a
C*   Csus4      C* Csus4   C*      Csus4 C* Csus4
Soft spring rain,  like an English rain.
Db Dbsus4 Db     Dbsus4  Db Dbsus4 Db    Dbsus4
       So light, yet  end - less,  from a
C* Csus4 C* Csus4 C* Csus4 C* Csus4 Db Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4
leaden   sky.
C* Csus4 C* Csus4 C* Csus4 C* Csus4 Db Dbsus4 Db            Dbsus4        Db       Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4
                                          The buildings are lost in their limitless rise.
C* Csus4 C*            Csus4          C*        Csus4  C* Csus4
      My feet catch the pulse and the purposeful stride.

   Db      Dbsus4    Db      Dbsus4    Db      Dbsus4    Db      Dbsus4
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|
D|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|
A|-8-8-----9-9-----|-8-8-----9-9-----|-8-8-----9-9-----|-8-8-----9-9-----|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   C*      Csus4     C*      Csus4     C*      Csus4     C*      Csus4
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|
D|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|
A|-7-7-----8-8-----|-7-7-----8-8-----|-7-7-----8-8-----|-7-7-----8-8-----|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Chorus:

Db Dbsus4   Db       Dbsus4  Db   Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4
I  feel the sense of possi - bili-ties.
C Csus4    C         Csus4   C  Csus4 C Csus4
I feel the wrench of hard re-al-ities.

   Db                                Ab7sus4
e|----------------|----------------|-9----9---------|-9-----9---------|---------9-------|
B|----------------|----------------|-7----7---------|-7-----7---------|---------7-------|
G|----------------|----------------|-6----6---------|-6-----6---------|---------6-------|
D|----------------|-6---4------3---|-6----6---------|-6-----6---------|---------6-------|
A|-4----------4---|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----4-----------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                               The   fo - cus   is    sharp in   the    ci  -   ty.

 Bbsus2            C   G    Fsus4    Bbsus2   C   G    Fsus4    Bbsus2
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

   C   G    Fsus4   Bbsus2
e|----------1-----|----------------|----------------|
B|-5---3----1-----|----------------|------------5---|
G|-5---4----3-----|-3--------------|-----3---5------|
D|-5---5----3-----|-3----------3---|--5-------------|
A|----------------|-3------3-------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

   C       G        Fsus4            Bbsus2
e|----------------|-1--------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-5-------3------|-1--------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-5-------4------|-3--------------|-3-------5--3---|----3-5---3-----|
D|-5-------5------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-5----------5---|
A|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

   C   G    Fsus4   Bbsus2
e|----------1-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-5---3----1-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|-5---4----3-----|-3--------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-5---5----3-----|-3--------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|-3--------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 Db5                                 C5
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|

   Db5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-6---4------3---|----------------|-6---4------3---|
A|-4----------4---|----------------|-4----------4---|----------------|
E|----4-----------|----------------|----4-----------|----------------|

   C5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
E|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|

   Db5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-6---4------3---|----------------|-6---4------3---|
A|-4----------4---|----------------|-4----------4---|----------------|
E|----4-----------|----------------|----4-----------|----------------|

   C5
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|-3--------------|
E|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|----1-------3---|


e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|-5-----5--5-----5-5-|-5-----5---5-5-5-5--|-5-----5--5-----5-5-|-5-----5---5-5-5-5--|
A|-7-----5--8-----5-5-|-7-----5---7-8-8-5--|-7-----5--8-----5-5-|-7-----5---7-8-8-5--|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

Verse 2:
1st part - strummed chords:

C
Wide-angle watcher on life's ancient tales,
F
Steeped in the history of London.
C
Green and gray washes in a wispy white veil,
F
Mist in the streets of Westminster.
C
Wistful and weathered the pride still prevails,
 F
Alive in the streets of the city.

Verse 2:
2nd part - arpeggiated chords:

Db Dbsus4 Db   Dbsus4  Db Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4
            Are they obli-vious     to this
C*  Csus4 C* Csus4 C* Csus4 C* Csus4
quality?         A quality
Db Dbsus4 Db    Dbsus4  Db Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4
       of light unique    to      every
C* Csus4 C* Csus4 C* Csus4 C* Csus4 Db Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4
city     street.
C* Csus4 C* Csus4 C* Csus4 C* Csus4 Db Dbsus4 Db            Dbsus4            Db  Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4
                                              Pavements may teem with intense energy,
C* Csus4 C*     Csus4      C*        Csus4    C* Csus4
     But  the city is calm in this violent sea.

Solo:

 Db                                  C
|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+|1+2+3+4+| x4

Chorus:

Db Dbsus4   Db       Dbsus4  Db   Dbsus4 Db Dbsus4
I  feel the sense of possi - bili-ties.
C Csus4    C         Csus4   C  Csus4 C Csus4
I feel the wrench of hard re-al-ities.

   Db                                Ab7sus4
e|----------------|----------------|-9----9---------|-9-----9---------|---------9-------|-----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-7----7---------|-7-----7---------|---------7-------|-----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|-6----6---------|-6-----6---------|---------6-------|-----------------|
D|----------------|-6---4------3---|-6----6---------|-6-----6---------|---------6-------|-----------------|
A|-4----------4---|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|----4-----------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
                               The   fo - cus   is    sharp in   the    ci  -   ty.

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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