Masquerade Chords

Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

B A Em B A B

Verse

B The painted faces on the streetA, caricatures of long ago

Em Oh they were young and oh so sweetB, down beyond the boulevard

A Knock on doors and empty hallsEm, and still sometimes remember

B The masquerade's foreverB (the masquerade's forever)

Chorus

BWhen you see the Aprice they paid

 I'm Emsure you'll come and Bjoin the masquerAade B B

Verse

B The reeling figures pass on byA, like ghosts in some forgotten play

Em Beneath the black and empty skyB, music plays and figures dance

A With partners chosen by chanceEm, and still some times remember

B The masquerade's foreverB (the masquerade's forever)

Bridge

D They reached for toCmorrow, but toGmorrow's, Bmore of the Asame

D So they reached for tComorrow, but toGmorrow Bnever cAame A/E

Chorus

BWhen you hear the Aprice they paid

 I'm Emsure you'll come and Bjoin the masquerAade

BWhen you hear the Aprice they paid

 I'm Emsure you'll come and Bjoin the masquerAade B B

Verse

B One by one and two by two, pAast eight by tens in shattered frames

Em The players try to leave the roBom, frantic puppets on a string

A And all the while the music siEmngs, and still sometimes remember

B The masquerade's foreverB (the masquerade's forever)

Chorus

(repeat as desired)

BWhen you hear the Aprice they paid

 I'm Emsure you'll come and Bjoin the masquerAade

BWhen you hear the Aprice they paid

 I'm Emsure you'll come and Bjoin the masquerAade

BWhen you hear the Aprice they paid

 I'm Emsure you'll come and Bjoin the masquerAade

BWhen you hear the Aprice they paid

 I'm Emsure you'll come and Bjoin the masquerAade B