Larger Than Life chords by Sonata Arctica

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G#   G#m  F#  B
E    G#m  F#  B
G#m  F#   B   E
F#   B    E   F# E


Verse 1:
B                 C#
I climb up on the stage
                     G#m
Wearing an old man’s face
                        C#
I've said those words a thousand times
B               C#                             G#m
I memorized the lines of Paris, The Prince and Friar
               C#
I might one day play them too

B                    C#                       G#m
To get here took its time, I forgot to make a life
                     C#
Between the scripted ones I knew
B               C#                       G#m
When admiration grew I was only loved by few
                 C#
My true love and passion - everyone knew


Verse 2:
E         F# B          E            F# B
Hamlet in Lapland, King Lear died in Vienna
E          F# B       E         F#        B
Venice and Othello, Madrid I am Henry the 8th


Verse 3:
   C#m
We all shall one day become what we play
    Am
The marvelous, magical, bewildering array
   C#m
Of trees and stones as we work our way up
   Am
To become these icons of lust and what not

    C#m                                Am
"We live in the sin of self-indulgent... larger than life

Yeah, that's what I am!
               C#m
I am a goddamn Peter Pan, maaaaaaan!
            Am
But the one palace I won't grow up in
                               D#
Staged a broken leg deep in my grave"


Pre-Chorus:
                    G#m              F#
When life becomes a play and I don't know the role
    B             D#                 G#m
I'm cast it's all wrong out I cannot escape before the
F#          B
Curtain call
         D#                 G#m
One last time build myself a wall to cry on,
   F#            B
To hide in plain view
       D#                   G#m
I will fall deeper into the role written
F#   B                E               F#       E
In a drunken haze, it seems, by Shakespeare in me


Chorus:
G#m
Stage, film and television,
B                        E
Twenty-four seven on the scene, I'm
            G#m
Larger than life…
                      B                     E
Nightclubs, cabarets, spotlights never turn away now
            F#
Larger than life…

The meaning of the fame is getting
D#m                      E
Lesser by the day for me somehow
            G#m
Larger than life…

My friends all have families
B
Who now have their families
  G#m                  B
I lived half a century abiding deep in vanities
G#m            B
Am I now wise, when I've learned all the traits

Of a fool?


Verse 4:
    F#         A#m            F#            A#m
The mirror now cries, ageless mask fades to true life
   G#                 C#                       F#
To taste the immortal grace I lived the role I played
D#m        C#     F#
Alone in a golden cage


Instrumental:
Ab  Cm   Ab  Cm
F#  A#m  F#  A#m
E   G#m  E   G#m
D   F#m  D   F#m
C   Em   C   Em
E   G#m  E   G#m
F#  B    B   E   C#m  B  E


Verse 5:
G#m   F#  B               E      G#m    F#  B
Life  is  what we make of it sometimes, sometimes,
    G#m   F#      B       E
Sometimes we just want to play


Bridge:
E
So don't take life so seriously
      F#                    B
Play, love, have fun, leave misery be
   E
Regrets are built in a cold dark cage
E
Where nothing ever happens
E
Where nothing ever happens
E
So don't take life so seriously
      F#                    B
Play, love, have fun, leave misery be
   E
Regrets are built in a cold dark cage
E
Where nothing ever happens
E
Where nothing ever happens
E
Where nothing ever happens…
E
Where nothing ever happens…
E
Where nothing ever happens...


Verse 6:
   B                  C#
I climb down from the stage
                       G#m
Remove the young man's face
               C#
And underneath reveal a sage
B                       C#
"Young man, you play my role
                       G#m
Breathe life into that soul
                  C#
Prepare to live a thousand lives"


Verse 7:
E   B        G#m            E         G#m
Now when you think it's all over, you find love
  F#               B        B               E
A flower starts to bloom, a chapter starts anew
    C#m      B         E
The greatest moment in life


Verse 8:
F#           A#m           F#            A#m
Mirror still lies, time is cruel, silent landslide
   G#              C#    C#                        F#
It builds you up within, destroys the shell you're in
    D#m             C#        D#m
And everything will fall into place


Pre-Chorus:
D#                  G#m
When life becomes a play
            F#                B
And I don't know the role I'm cast
         D#
It's all wrong, but I cannot
  G#m             F#          B
Escape before the curtain call
         D#                     G#m
One last time, build yourself a wall to cry on,
F#             B
For anybody to see
         D#                   G#m                 B
You will fall deeper into the role you wrote in a drunken
         E           F#             E
Haze, it seems, with Shakespeare within


Chorus:
G#m
Stage, film and television,
B                        E
Twenty-four seven on the scene, I'm
            G#m
Larger than life…
                      B                     E
Nightclubs, cabarets, spotlights never turn away now
            F#
Larger than life…

The meaning of the fame is getting
D#m                      E
Lesser by the day for me somehow
            G#m
Larger than life…
                       B
I lived half a century abiding deep in vanities
G#m            B
Am I now wise, when I've learned all the traits
     Ab
Of a fool?


Outro:
Cm  Ab   Cm
F#  A#m  F#  A#m
E   G#m  E  G#m
D   F#m  D  F#m
C   Em   C  Em
E   G#m  E  G#m
F#  B    G#m