Circus Song Chords by Don Mclean

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[Ab] _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ Cotton candy, [Ab] two [Fm] for a quarter.
[Bb] _ See if the fat man [Eb] can guess [Bb] your weight.
_ [Eb] A big stuffed tiger [Ab] is what [Fm] I bought her.
_ And I'm going home cause [Eb] it's late.
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Roller coasters [Ab] make [Fm] me dizzy.
And [Bb] cotton candy makes me sick.
[Eb] I wish I had some [Fm] bromophizzy.
_ _ [Bb] That would do the [Eb] trick. _
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_ _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] Everyone knows [Eb] that the clowns aren't happy.
[Ab] And [Bb] everyone [Eb] knows that the people don't care.
_ [Ab] _ I wish I [Eb] could laugh at the [B] way that [C] they're acting.
[F] But I'm so [C] sick, [Ab]
I just don't [Fm] dare to.
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[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ High wire dancers kick [Fm] and balance.
_ [Bb] White silk horses [Bb] step in time.
_ The [Eb] tattooed man displays [Ab] [Fm] his talents. _
[Bb] I'm not the talented [Eb] kind. _ _
[Ab] I [Bb] always go [Eb] to the circus [Eb] on Sunday.
[Ab] And [Eb] there I can laugh at the people I see.
_ [Ab] But when [Bbm] I leave [Eb] home in the [B] morning [C] on Monday.
_ [F] _ Everybody _ [Gm] _
laughs at [F] me.
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[Eb] _ _ [Bb] [Ab] You [Eb] know, I make other people [Fm] nervous.
_ [Bb] I guess that's why [Eb] they [Fm] [Gm] laugh at me.
But to me [Eb] my life is a three ring [Fm] circus. _
[Bb] And I can see it [Eb] for free. _ _
[Ab] _ [Bb] Have you seen [Eb] my wife Elvira?
[Ab] _ [Bb] She can [Eb] tame a lion, [Eb] you know. _
[Ab] _ [C] Well I once had [B] a bushy [C] mane.
But [F] that was [C] so [Gm] [Ab] damn [Gm] long ago.
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[Ab] _ _ [Eb] Tight collared clowns in plastic [Fm] buildings.
_ [Bb] Have [Ab] [Bb] happy families [Eb] [Bb] as their fate. _ _
Happy [Eb] jobs and [Fm] happy clubs.
[Bb] And [Ab] happy people [Eb] they [Ab] hate.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] Everyone's juggling and everyone's acting.
[Ab] With _ [Bbm] smiles of [Eb] grease paint three feet wide.
_ _ _ [Ab] And [Eb] everyone's caught on a [B] carousel [C] pony.
[F] And one time [C] around is [Bb] a [Ab] lifetime _ [Fm] [Eb] ride. _ _
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