{"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":2883437,"song":"Clown Strike","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11649676-clown-strike-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2883437?type=chord","rating":4.73037,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe`ll fix you with an iron cross[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd cover you up with petals[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd hang you up with some amber beads[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd four or five precious metals[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd in that black flamingo chair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou`ll sit among her trophies[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd pray to be abandoned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill you don`t know what hope is[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut there`s one thing that I had to keep inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause I was shaking[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhy don`t you get some pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was a clown strike[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the clowns threw down their tools[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you don`t have to play so hard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I`m nobody`s fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nYou don`t have to go so far[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n`Cause I love you as you are[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe big top is deserted now[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the circus girl rehearses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe knows how to turn their heads[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd not fall between two horses[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut all that seems a simple step[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf only I were able[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo love you like I want to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd not by some times table[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut there`s one thing that I had to keep inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause I was shaking[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhy don`t you get some pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was a clown strike[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the clowns threw down their tools[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you don`t have to play so hard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I`m nobody`s fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nYou don`t have to go so far[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n`Cause I love you as you are[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it`s pandemonium[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the humble and the mighty[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou don`t have to tumble for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEven a clown knows when to strike[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTell me what you want of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOr are you terrified of failure?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou put on a superstitious face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBehind all this paraphernalia[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe`re not living in a masquerade[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere you only have three wishes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt isn't easy to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn a lifetime of mistaken kisses[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut there`s one thing that I had to keep inside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause I was shaking[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhy don`t you get some pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThere was a clown strike[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the clowns threw down their tools[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you don`t have to play so hard[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd I`m nobody`s fool[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nYou don`t have to go so far[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\n`Cause I love you as you are[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Refrain]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn this it`s pandemonium[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the humble and the mighty[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G/B[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou don`t have to tumble for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cm[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEven a clown knows when to strike[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG Am G Am\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Refrain]","chords":["G","Am","C","Em","Am7","G/B","Cm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}