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The Greatest Show – The Greatest Showman

Play “The Greatest Show”, the lead piece from the new musical film “The Greatest Showman” – who knew Wolverine could sing like that?! Joking aside, Hugh Jackman does an amazing job spanning two full octaves in the epic song – impressive! Not to forget the rest of the crew, Keala Settle, Zac Efron and Zendaya.

You may need to shift the song up a few semitones to play the low intro on flute, piccolo or recorder. The rest of the song is higher so you can play that in it’s original key 🙂

Did you know?! “The Greatest Show” has been covered by Panic! at the Disco.

 

B ^D B-A-B
Woah…. (x8)

D – D      D       C#
Ladies and gents

C#  C#  .B     C# – C#      D       C#-.B   .B
This is the moment you’ve waited for

 

B ^D B-A-B
Woah….

.B             D – D      D    D     C#
Been searching in the dark

.B           C#       C#-D         C#        .B      .B
Your sweat soaking through the floor

 

B ^D B-A-B
Woah….

.B        E – E    D   C#     C#
And buried in your bones

C#           .B      C#    C#    D     C#    .B-.B
There’s an ache that you can’t ignore!

 

C#-C#    D         C#        C#-C#    D       C#
Taking your breath, stealing your mind

.B     C#   C#    D    C#  D  C#    D – F#
And all that was real is left behind…

 

F#         F#    E
Don’t fight it,

E       E – D     D    D
It’s coming for you,

C  –  D      C   .B
Running at ya…

F#   F#-E   E     E – D
It’s only this moment,

D             D       C#        D      C#-D
Don’t care what comes after

 

F#      F#-E        E
Your fever dream,

E             E     D   D   C#-D   C#-.B
Can’t you see it getting closer?

F#      F#-F#-E
Just surrender

E               E        E    D      D-D      E-F#  G-F#
‘Cause you feel the feeling taking over…

 

^F# ^F# -^E
It’s fire,

^E    ^E-^D
It’s freedom,

^D  ^C#-^D  ^C#-B
It’s  flooding  open,

^F# ^F# ^F#-^E ^E ^E ^E-^D
It’s  a  preacher  in  the  pulpit

^D    ^D    ^C#   ^D-^C#-^D
And you’ll find devotion…

 

B              ^F#-^F#      ^F#-^E
There’s something breaking

^E  ^E  ^E  ^D ^D-^D ^C#
At the brick of every wall

^D  ^C#-B    B   Bb    B     C#
It’s holding, I’ll let you know

^D  ^E  ^D  ^D  ^D  ^G-^F# ^F#
So  tell  me  do  you  wanna  go?

 

Chorus: 

A          A   ^F#-^E ^E ^E ^E  ^E-^D ^E-^F#
Where it’s covered in all the colored lights

A            A  ^F#-^E-^E  ^D  ^E-^F#  ^A  ^F#
Where the runaways are running the night

A-^D-^E-^F#  ^F#  ^E
Impossible  comes  true,

^C# ^D-^E ^E-^D ^D
It’s  taking  over you

^D   ^D  ^D ^D  ^D-^D   ^D
Oh! this is the greatest show!

 

^F# ^F# ^E ^E ^F#   ^E   ^D    ^F#
We light it up, we won’t come down

A        A    ^A ^A     ^B    ^B    ^F#-^E-^D
And the sun can’t stop us now    ~

^D-^E    ^F#  ^F# ^E
Watching it come true,

^F# ^G-^F# ^E-^D ^D
It’s taking over you….

^D  ^D ^D ^D  ^D-^D     ^D
Oh, this is the greatest show!

 

B ^D B-A-B
Woah….

B-^D-^D ^D ^C#
Colossal we come

^C# ^C#-^C#-^D ^C#  B  B
These renegades in the ring

 

B ^D B-A-B
Woah….

B               B    ^E  ^D   ^C#
Where the lost get found

^C#  B ^C# ^C# ^D  ^C#-B   B
In the crown of the Circus King

 

^F#    ^F# ^E ^E  ^E-^D  ^D  ^D
Don’t fight it, it’s coming for you,

^C#-^D ^C# B
Running at ya…

^F# ^F#  ^E   ^E-^D
It’s only this moment,

^D       ^D    ^C#     ^D     ^C#-^D
Don’t care what comes after

 

^F# ^F#-^E  ^E-^E  ^D ^D ^C# ^D  ^C#     B
It’s blinding outside and I think that you know

^F#   ^F#-^F#-^E   ^E   ^E     ^E-^D
Just surrender ’cause you’re calling

^D  ^D   ^G-^F#  ^F#-^E-^D
And you wanna go    ~

 

(Play chorus)

 

F#     B – B – B     B   B-^C#  ^D
It’s everything you ever want

F#     B – B – B     B    B-^C#   ^D
It’s everything you ever need

A        A     ^D       A    A   ^D  ^E  ^C#
And it’s here right in front of you

^C# ^C# ^C# ^C# ^D-^C#  B
This is where you wanna be….

 

F#     B – B – B     B   B-^C#  ^D
It’s everything you ever want

F#     B – B – B     B    B-^C#   ^D
It’s everything you ever need

A        A     ^D       A    A   ^D  ^E  ^C#
And it’s here right in front of you

^D ^D ^D ^D ^D-D ^D-^E ^G
This is where you wanna be

  ^G  ^G  ^G   ^G  ^G-^A  ^D
(This is where you wanna be!)

 

(Play chorus… many times!)

 

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The Greatest Show – The Greatest Showman was last modified: November 19th, 2018 by nat