[INTRO]
[G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 1]
[G]She`ll fix you with an [Am]iron cross
[G]And cover you up with [Am]petals
[G]And hang you up with some [Am]amber beads
[G]And four or five precious [Am]metals
[G]And in that black fla[Am]mingo chair
[G]You`ll sit among her [Am]trophies
[G]And pray to be [Am]abandoned
[G]Till you don`t know what [Am]hope is
[CHORUS]
[G]But there`s one [C]thing that I [Em]had to keep in[Am]side
[G]Because I was [C]shaking
Why [Em]don`t you get some [Am]pride
There was a [Em]clown strike
[Em]And the clowns threw down their tools
But you [C]don`t have to play so hard
[Em]And I`m nobody`s fool
You don`t [G]have to go so [Am7]far
`Cause I l[G]ove [Am7]you as you [G]ar[Am7]e
[VERSE 2]
The [G]big top is de[Am]serted now
And the [G]circus girl [Am]rehearses
[G]She knows how to [Am]turn their heads
And [G]not fall between[Am] two horses
But [G]all that seems a [Am]simple step
[G]If only I were [Am]able
To [G]love you like I [Am]want to do
And [G]not by some times [Am]table
[CHORUS]
[G]But there`s one [C]thing that I [Em]had to keep in[Am]side
[G]Because I was [C]shaking
Why [Em]don`t you get some [Am]pride
There was a [Em]clown strike
[Em]And the clowns threw down their tools
But you [C]don`t have to play so hard
[Em]And I`m nobody`s fool
You don`t [G]have to go so [Am7]far
`Cause I l[G]ove [Am7]you as you [G]ar[Am7]e
[REFRAIN]
And it`s [C]pandemonium
For the [Am7]humble and the [G]mighty
You don`t [Am]have to [G/B]tumble [C]for me
[Cm]Even a clown knows when to [Em]strike
[VERSE 3]
[G]Tell me what you [Am]want of me
Or are you [G]terrified of [Am]failure?
[G]You put on a supers[Am]titious face
[G]Behind all this parapher[Am]nalia
[G]We`re not living in a [Am]masquerade
Where [G]you only have three [Am]wishes
[G]It isn't [Am]easy to see
In a [G]lifetime of mistaken [Am]kisses
[CHORUS]
[G]But there`s one [C]thing that I [Em]had to keep in[Am]side
[G]Because I was [C]shaking
Why [Em]don`t you get some [Am]pride
There was a [Em]clown strike
[Em]And the clowns threw down their tools
But you [C]don`t have to play so hard
[Em]And I`m nobody`s fool
You don`t [G]have to go so [Am7]far
`Cause I l[G]ove [Am7]you as you [G]ar[Am7]e
[REFRAIN]
In this it`s [C]pandemonium
For the [Am7]humble and the [G]mighty
You don`t [Am]have to [G/B]tumble [C]for me
[Cm]Even a clown knows when to [Em]strike
[G] [Am] [G] [Am]
[VERSE 1]
[G]She`ll fix you with an [Am]iron cross
[G]And cover you up with [Am]petals
[G]And hang you up with some [Am]amber beads
[G]And four or five precious [Am]metals
[G]And in that black fla[Am]mingo chair
[G]You`ll sit among her [Am]trophies
[G]And pray to be [Am]abandoned
[G]Till you don`t know what [Am]hope is
[CHORUS]
[G]But there`s one [C]thing that I [Em]had to keep in[Am]side
[G]Because I was [C]shaking
Why [Em]don`t you get some [Am]pride
There was a [Em]clown strike
[Em]And the clowns threw down their tools
But you [C]don`t have to play so hard
[Em]And I`m nobody`s fool
You don`t [G]have to go so [Am7]far
`Cause I l[G]ove [Am7]you as you [G]ar[Am7]e
[VERSE 2]
The [G]big top is de[Am]serted now
And the [G]circus girl [Am]rehearses
[G]She knows how to [Am]turn their heads
And [G]not fall between[Am] two horses
But [G]all that seems a [Am]simple step
[G]If only I were [Am]able
To [G]love you like I [Am]want to do
And [G]not by some times [Am]table
[CHORUS]
[G]But there`s one [C]thing that I [Em]had to keep in[Am]side
[G]Because I was [C]shaking
Why [Em]don`t you get some [Am]pride
There was a [Em]clown strike
[Em]And the clowns threw down their tools
But you [C]don`t have to play so hard
[Em]And I`m nobody`s fool
You don`t [G]have to go so [Am7]far
`Cause I l[G]ove [Am7]you as you [G]ar[Am7]e
[REFRAIN]
And it`s [C]pandemonium
For the [Am7]humble and the [G]mighty
You don`t [Am]have to [G/B]tumble [C]for me
[Cm]Even a clown knows when to [Em]strike
[VERSE 3]
[G]Tell me what you [Am]want of me
Or are you [G]terrified of [Am]failure?
[G]You put on a supers[Am]titious face
[G]Behind all this parapher[Am]nalia
[G]We`re not living in a [Am]masquerade
Where [G]you only have three [Am]wishes
[G]It isn't [Am]easy to see
In a [G]lifetime of mistaken [Am]kisses
[CHORUS]
[G]But there`s one [C]thing that I [Em]had to keep in[Am]side
[G]Because I was [C]shaking
Why [Em]don`t you get some [Am]pride
There was a [Em]clown strike
[Em]And the clowns threw down their tools
But you [C]don`t have to play so hard
[Em]And I`m nobody`s fool
You don`t [G]have to go so [Am7]far
`Cause I l[G]ove [Am7]you as you [G]ar[Am7]e
[REFRAIN]
In this it`s [C]pandemonium
For the [Am7]humble and the [G]mighty
You don`t [Am]have to [G/B]tumble [C]for me
[Cm]Even a clown knows when to [Em]strike
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