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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