{"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":1764048,"song":"When The Circus Came To Town","artist":"Voltaire","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11383570-when-the-circus-came-to-town-chords-by-voltaire/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1764048?type=chord","rating":4.64049,"votes":6,"content":"Album: Riding A Black Unicorn... (2011)\r\nCAPO 3\r\nStandard Tuning\r\nIntro:\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  \r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nWell the days are long, and the work is hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen your childhood is spent in the fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd summer seemed to last a million years[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne day when I was just a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDuring one of those hot summer swells[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe locusts were silenced by the clanging of bells[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there was the thing for which I longed[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA place where I belonged[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere I first held the hand of the one I loved   (pause)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the circus came to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]    \r\nWe ate candy corns and corn dogs[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCotton candy and candy canes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we shared a caramel apple by the arcade[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                        \r\nAnd when night fell, and the stars rose[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd lights bedazzled the fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe rode the Ferris Wheel up into the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd there was the thing for which I longed[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA place where I belonged[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere I first held the hand of the one I loved   (pause)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the circus came to town[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd later in the fun-house, our bodies looked so strange[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the mirrors made our faces seem deranged[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the snake man, in the freak show[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe got you so alarmed[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                 \r\nThat you ran and ran and ran right into my arms, oh oh oh[/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] .... [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe next morning, I got up[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWrapped my clothes up into a ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I ran and ran to run away with the fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         \r\nBut when I arrived, to my surprise[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nAll the tents and wagons were gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd they'd stolen all the happiness from the air[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd gone was the thing for which I longed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat place where I belonged[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere I last held the hand of the one I loved    (pause)[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen the circus came [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the circus came[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the circus came to town [/tab]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] ..... [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEnd on D","plain_text":"Album: Riding A Black Unicorn... (2011)\nCAPO 3\nStandard Tuning\nIntro:\nD   G   D   A  \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\nG   A   D   G    A   D  G  A  D  G .... G   A   D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  A  D  G ..... G  A  D\nEnd on D","chords":["A","D","G"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}