The Man On The Flying Trapeze (studio) Chords

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Once I was happy, [Bb] but now I'm forlorn,
_ [Eb] Like an old coat that [Ab] is tattered and torn,
_ Left in this wide world [Bbm] to fret and [Bb] mourn,
[Eb] Betrayed by a maid in [Ab] her teens.
_ _ [Fm] The [Bb] girl that I [C] loved, she [Fm] was handsome,
_ I [Bbm] [C] tried all I knew her to [Fm] _ please,
_ [C]
[Fm] But [Bbm] I could not [C] please her [Fm] one quarter [C] so well,
[Fm] Like that man [C] on the flying [Fm] _ trapeze.
[Eb] _ Whoa! _
He'd [Ab] fly through [F] the air with [Bb] the greatest of ease,
[Eb] A daring young man [Ab] on the flying trapeze,
His movements [F] were graceful, [Bb] all girls he could please,
[Eb] And my love, he's [Ab] purloined [Eb] away.
[Ab] _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
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_ [F] _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] Some months after this, [Bb] I went to a hall,
[Eb] Was greatly surprised to [Ab] see there on the wall,
A billion red letters [Bbm] which did my heart gawd,
[Eb] That she was appearing [Ab] with him.
[Dbm] _ [Ab] _ [Fm] He taught her [C] gymnastics [Fm] and dressed her in tights,
To help him [C] to live at [Fm] his ease, _ _
[C] _ [Fm] Later [C] assumed [Fm] a [C] masculine name,
[Bbm] And now she [C] goes on the [Fm] _ [Eb] trapeze.
Whoa!
[Ab] She horns through [F] the air [Bb] with the greatest of ease,
[Eb] You'd think her a man [Ab] on the flying trapeze,
She does all [F] the work [Bb] while he takes his ease,
[Eb] And that's what became [Ab] of my love.
Come on everybody!
[F] _
[Cm] [Ab] He'd fly through [F] the air [Bb] with the greatest of ease,
[Eb] A daring young man on [Ab] the flying trapeze,
His [Gb] movements [F] were [Bb] graceful, all girls he could please,
[Eb] And my love, he's _ purloined away.
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