Key: A
Introduction: Am G F G C G
C G
It's a three-ring circus on the edge of town
Am C
With hoops and dogs and falling circus clowns
G C
And I'm up on a tightrope and I can't look down
F C
It's a highwire
F C G
It's a highwire
C G
Then the crowd grows quiet, then the crowd grows still
Am C
I whisper, "I love you, and I always will"
G C
Ahh, but you never can tell when you might Jack and Jill
F C
From the highwire
F C G
From the highwire
G C
This love (this love), this love (this love)
Am F
Is a highwire
G C
This love (this love), this love (this love)
Am F
Is a highwire
G C
This love (this love), this love (this love)
Am F
Is a highwire
C F C G
It's a highwire, it's a highwire
C G
Straight and narrow, stretched hard and tight
Am C
It's a centre shot in the glare of the cold spotlight
G C
And I'm walking a thin line between day and night
F C
On the highwire
F C G
On the highwire
C G
And the hard ground's waiting in the dark below
Am C
And my heart's so heavy and I'm moving slow
G C
And I'm hoping I make it, but you never know
F C
On the highwire
F C
On the highwire
G C
This love (this love), this love (this love)
Am F
Is a highwire
G C
This love (this love), this love (this love)
Am F
Is a highwire
G C
This love (this love), this love (this love)
Am F
Is a highwire
C F C
It's a highwire, it's a highwire
C G
It's a three-ring circus on the edge of town
Am C
With hoops and dogs and falling circus clowns
G C
And I'm up on a tightrope and I can't look down
F C
It's a highwire
F C
It's a highwire
F C
It's a highwire
F C
It's a highwire