The Clown Chords by Spinners

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_ _ Everybody loves [Bb] the circus, [Cm] the whole world [Eb] loves the clown.
_ _ [Ab] He's front page news [Eb] to children _ every time he [Bb] comes to town.
_ [Eb] The calliope _ [Bb] _
plays a [Cm] happy tune, _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] as _ kaleidoscopes [Eb] of color _ [Ab] and children's [Eb] laughter [Bb] fills the room.
_ [Ab] _ Clown, though [Bbm] your heart [Eb] may be [Bb] breaking, don't [Cm] you know, _ _ [Eb] just think of Polly, [F] Archie, [A] _ [Ab] and on with the show.
[Bb] _ _ _ Make [Eb] them laugh, clown, _ _ _ [Bb] don't let [Cm] them see your tears.
Make them [Fm] laugh, clown, _ _ _ [Bb] forget _ about your lonely [C]
years.
And [Eb] laugh, clown, _ _ it's [Cm] all good, keep on trying.
Make [Fm] them laugh, clown, _ _ but don't [Bb] let them catch you crying. _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] In his hands he [Bb] holds a letter, _ [Cm] slightly frayed and bent with [Eb] _ time.
[Ab] And you will know [Eb] his story _ if you [Eb] read [Bb] between the lines.
_ [Eb] On his face there [Bb] is a shadow _ [Cm] of someone he used to [Eb] know.
_ _ [Ab] And the memory of [Eb] a young girl [Ab] who begged him [Bb] not to go.
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_ Clown, [Bbm] though your heart may be [Bb] breaking, don't [Cm] you know, _ _ _
[Eb] think of [F] Polly, Archie, [Bb] and on with the show. _ _
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_ _ _ Make [Fm] them laugh, clown, _ _ _ _ [Bb] forget about your lonely years.
[Eb] And laugh, clown, _ _ _ [Gm] it's hard, [Cm] but keep on trying.
Make [Fm] them laugh, clown, _ _ _ [Bb] don't let them catch you crying.
_ [Eb] _ Laugh, clown.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ Laugh, clown.
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_ Laugh, _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
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clown.
_ Laugh, _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _
clown.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _ Laugh, clown.
_ _ [Bb] Laugh, clown.
Forget _ about [Ab] your lonely years.
[Eb] _ Laugh, clown.
_ _ Laugh, [C] _ [Cm] clown.
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Laugh, clown.
_ _ [Bb] I know you see that [C] time.
_ [Eb] _ Laugh, clown.
_ _ _ [C] It's no [Cm] one of mine.
_ _ I [Fm] don't care.
I don't care.
I'm [Bb] at my door, I want to see some show.
[Eb] _ Laugh, clown.
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_ _ _ _ [Fm] Laugh, clown.
_ _ Oh yeah.
[Bb] Make me move, [Ab] make me feel your groove.
[Eb] Come on.
You painted your face.
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Made your heart out of [Fm] place. _ _
Say your love's gone away.
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You want to see her today.
[Eb] Hey, laugh.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] Laugh, clown.
_ _ It's [Bb] mad. _
It's too mad, Lord.
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_ _ _ Come on, [Bb] laugh.
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_ Laugh, laugh, laugh, [Fm] laugh, laugh. _
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