{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1514934,"song":"Sideshow Blues","artist":"Todd Snider","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11280359-sideshow-blues-chords-by-todd-snider/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1514934?type=chord","rating":4.62398,"votes":26,"content":"Sideshow Blues\r\nBy: Todd Snider\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy landlady treats me like I don't pay my rent[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nGave my car to my mechanic, I ain't seen it since[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy phone is always ringing, when I want to be alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey try and sell me everything from Heaven to cologne[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEverybody's got an offer I can't refuse[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's all a big commercial, It's a video of a man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a plot to put an end to my attention span[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey make up all these issues, I never understood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I thought I could change things I'd run out to Hollywood[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut it's hard to kick the door down when you ain't wearing any shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI've got them sideshow blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI want to tame the lions[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThese center ring rich kids ain't even trying[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom college to the big top they take the best positions[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile I'm out in this tent with these freaks and musicians[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhile I'm out in this tent with these freaks and musicians[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm moaning them sideshow blues[/tab]\r\n\r\n (solo) \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI try to tell my girlfriend she's the only one that I've got[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis chick I hardly knows keeps on telling her she's not[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe got a loaded pistol, she waves it all the time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSays some times you gotta kill a boy to keep his ass in line[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell that's the way she sees it, she says she saw it on the news[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee people play satanic records, and you don't know when they'll freak[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFrom quiet kid to maniac to movie of the week[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe're killing over cocaine, dying over sex[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe're bowing down and praying to who'll ever cuts the check[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I go to church on Sunday, I can't help sleep in the pews (that's what I do)[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's a circus out here mama, Your baby's got the sideshow blues[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's a circus people...Step Right Up[/tab]","plain_text":"Sideshow Blues\nBy: Todd Snider\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n (solo)","chords":["A","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}