The Tears Of A Clown Chords by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

_ [C#] _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#]
Oh [C#] yeah, yeah, [F#] yeah.
_ [B] _ [F#] Now if [C#] there's a smile [F#] on [B] my face,
[F#]
It's [C#] only there [F#] trying to fool [B] the public.
[F#]
But when [C#] it comes [F#] down to [B] fooling you,
[F#]
Now [C#] honey, that's [F#] quite a different [B] _ [F#] subject.
[C#] Don't let [F#] my good [G#m] expression,
[F#] _
[C#] Give you [F#] the wrong [B] impression.
[F#]
Really [C#] I'm _ [F#] sad,
[B] _ [F#] Oh, sadder than [C#] _ [F#] sad.
_ [B] _ [F#] _
[C#] I do so [A#m] bad,
Like [B] a [F#] clown I pretend to be [C#] _ [F#] glad.
_ [B] _ [F#] _
Now [G#] there's some sad things known to [F] men,
But [A#m] ain't too much sadder [F#] than
The tears [G#] of a clown,
_ When [C#] there's no one [G#] around.
_ [C#] _ _
Mm-hmm.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ [F#] Oh yeah, [C#] baby.
[F#] _ [B] _ _ [F#] Now if I [C#] appear [F#] to be [B] carefree,
[F#] It's only [C#] to [F#] camouflage [B] my sadness,
[F#] In [C#] order to shield [F#] my pride.
[B] I've tried [F#] to cover [C#] this hurt
[F#] With a show [B] of [F#] gladness,
[C#] But don't let [F#] my show [B] convince [F#] you,
That [C#] I've [F#] been happy [B] since you [F#]
decided [C#] to go.
[A#m] If _ [B] _ _ [F#] _
[C#] you're slow,
_ I'm [B] [F#] hurt and I want you to [C#] know,
_ [A#m] But for [B] [F#] others I [C#] put on a show.
_ [F#] _ _ [B] [F#] Ooh, _ [G#] there's some sad things known [F] to men, _ _
[A#m] But ain't too much _ [F#] sadder than
The tears [G#] of a clown,
_ When there's no one around.
Oh yeah.
[C#] _ _ [F#] Just like [B] Polly out [F#] you [C#] did,
I [F#] try to keep [B] my [F#] sadness in,
[C#] Smiling [F#] in the [B] public eye,
[F#]
But [C#] in my [F#] lonely room [B] I cry,
[F#] The tears [C#] of a _ clown,
When there's no one [F#] around.
_ [B] _ _ [F#]
Oh [C#] yeah, [F#] baby.
_ [B] _ _ [F#]
Now if [C#] there's a smile [F#] on [B] my [F#] face,
[C#] Don't let [F#] _ [B] my [F#] expression
[C#] Give you [F#] the [B] wrong impression,
[F#] _
[C#] Don't let [F#] this [B] smile I wear,
[F#] _
[C#] Make you [F#] think that I [B] don't care,
[F#]
When [C#] really I'm _ [F#] sad.
[B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ [F#] _