Performance chords by The Xx

Verse + Pre-Chorus   Chorus
------------------   -------------------
Am x0221x       Am x-12-14-14-13-x
Em 02200x       Em x7998x
Dm xx023x       Dm x5776x
F  13321x       F  1332xx
G  35543x       G  3554xx

-- See bottom for individual chorus notes --


Capo 4th fret


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

[Pre-Chorus 1]
         Am              Em
When you saw me leaving, did you think I had a place to go
           Dm         F
Since you stopped believing, I've had to put on my own show


[Chorus 1]
         Am            Em
I'll put on a performance, I'll put on a show
      Dm         F  G
It is a performance, I do it all so
         Am              Em
You won't see my hurting, when my heart it breaks
         Dm             F   G
I'll put on a performance, I'll put on a brave face


[Verse 2]
Am                  Em
  Even when I was hiding, you could always find me
Dm                    F         G
  Now you've stopped looking for me, but I'm still playing hide and seek
Am           Em
  I want you to notice, but you just don't see
Dm              F         G
  The show is wasted on you, so I perform for me


[Pre-Chorus 2]
         Am              Em
When you saw me leaving, did you think I had a place to go
           Dm         F        G
Since you stopped believing, I've had to put on my own show


[Chorus 2]
Am Em Dm F G
         Am            Em
I'll put on a performance, I'll put on a show
      Dm         F  G
It is a performance, I do it all so
         Am              Em
You won't see my hurting, when my heart it breaks
         Dm             F   G
I'll put on a performance, I'll put on a brave face


[Chorus]:
  Am                         Em
e|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |
B|-----------13----------------------13--------------|--------8---------------8--------| |
G|--------14----14----------------14----14-----------|------9---9-----------9---9------| |
D|-----14----------14----------14----------14--------|----9-------9-------9-------9----| |
A|--12----------------12-12-12----------------12-12--|-\7-----------7---7-----------7--| |
E|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |
                                             |
  Dm                F         G                | x2
e|---------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------| |
B|--------6---------------6--------|-----------------|---------------------------------| |
G|------7---7-----------7---7------|--------2--------|--------4------------------------| |
D|----7-------7-------7-------7----|------3---3------|------5---5----------------------| |
A|--5-----------5-5-5-----------5\-|----3-------3----|----5-------5--------------------| |
E|---------------------------------|--1-----------1--|-/3-----------3------------------| |