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Running The Show Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Running The Show chords by The Amazing Digital Circus for Piano and Ukulele.

[Intro]
D7

G           Gmaj7  E7/G#
It's news to me    that 
 Am          D7/A
 it's news to you
G           Gmaj7  E7/G#
To which degree    who  
 Am         Dm7 Em7
 answers to who
C           B7            
We could go on and on, but
       G/B             F#7/A#
 in the end, who are we kidding?
G              B7/F#             C
My divinity is past infinity, am I
        D7
Getting through?

[Verse]
G         E7/G#     
Seems our regime has
 Am        D7/A
 plummeted south
G             E7/G#     Am 
Don't need to scream if you
             Dm7  Em7
 ain't got a mouth
C            B7                  
Why bite the hand that feeds when
          G/B              F#7/A#
 it's the only hand you're getting?
     G                      Gaug  
It's time you see that this great 
               G                
marquee is the only place you're
      Gaug
 ever gonna be
   G              
So strap on in and
         E7/G#
 take it on the chin
    Am7                D7/A   
And don't forget who's running
     G       F6 D/F#
 the show

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[Bridge]
            C/G
Now look at this
         G
Absolute bliss
           A7
Oh, what a shock
                D7
Watch where you walk
C               Cm
I'm the host, I run the place
Bm7               E7/B
Caine, that is my name
    A7             Bb7
Not enthused? Just feeling used?
D
Oh, what a goddamn shame

[Verse]
Ab      F7/A     Bbm7      Eb
Congratulations, all of my friends
Ab     F7/A      Bbm7       
Public relations are getting
   Eb
 a cleanse
Db          Dbm6               
Put on your Sunday best because
     Fm7/C            Bb7
 I'm nowhere close to quitting
   Ab                 
So play the games and 
        F7/A
just ignore the pains
       Bbm7            
'Cause all that remains
            Eb/Bb
 is how you prime your brains
Ab                          
You whine to me, but you're
    F7/A
 too blind to see
     Bbm7              
That I'm the one who's 
Eb7/Bb         Ab
running the show
Ab
Yeah

How to play Running The Show: key, chords and progression

Running The Show by The Amazing Digital Circus is built around C major (no sharps or flats), with 33 chords in all: D7, G, Gmaj7, E7/G#, Am, D7/A, Dm7, Em7, C, B7, G/B and F#7/A# and 21 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is G – Gmaj7 – E7/G# – Am (V – Vmaj7 – III7 – vi in C major). In solfa, that is soh – soh – mi – lah. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: on guitar, F#7/A#, Gaug, F6, Cm and Bm7 need a barre or movable shape. Take the change into them slowly at first; piano and ukulele players have it easier.