Rush - The Camera Eye: Guitar Chords

Learn to play 'The Camera Eye' on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn The Camera Eye Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Rush

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform 'The Camera Eye' smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C
Grim-faced and forbidding, their faces closed tight,
   F
An angular mass of New Yorkers,
 C
Pacing in rhythm, race the oncoming night.
       F
They chase through the streets of Manhattan.
 C
Head-first humanity pause at a light
       F
Then flow through the streets of the city.

C#
They seem oblivious to a
 C
Soft spring rain, like an English rain.
C#
So light, yet endless, from a
 C        C# C
leaden sky.
C#
The buildings are lost in their limitless rise.
C
My feet catch the pulse and the purposeful stride.

Chorus:
C#
I feel the sense of possibilities.
C
I feel the wrench of hard realities.

Wide angle watcher on life's ancient tales
Steeped in the history of London
Green and grey washes in a wispy white veil
Mist in the streets of Westminster
Wistful and weathered, the pride still prevails
Alive in the streets of the city

Are they oblivious to this quality?
A quality
Of light unique to
Every city's streets
("'Ello!"
"Morning, guv.")
Pavements may teem with intense energy
But the city is calm in this violent sea

Chorus:
I feel the sense of possibilities
I feel the wrench of hard realities
The focus is sharp in the city


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C

Guitar chord C

C#

Guitar chord C#

F

Guitar chord F

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play 'The Camera Eye' on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for 'The Camera Eye' by Rush.

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