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------------------| |