{"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":421789,"song":"Wild Billys Circus Story","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/421789-wild-billys-circus-story-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/421789?type=chord","rating":4.87978,"votes":53,"content":"Wild Billy's Circus Story - Bruce Springsteen\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro:\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe Machinist climbs his ferris wheel like a brave[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the fireeater's lyin' in a pool of sweat victim of the heatwave,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBehind the tent the hired hand tightens his legs on the sword swallowers blade,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCircus town's on the shortwave[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the runway lies ahead like a great false dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFat lady, big mama, Missy Bimbo sits in her chair and yawns,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the man-beast lies in his cage sniffin' popcorn[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the midget licks his fingers and suffers Missy Bimbo's scorn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCircus town's been born.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhoa and a press roll drummer go, ballerina to-and-fro cartwheelin' up on that tightrope,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a cannon blast, lightin' flash, movin' fast through the tent, Mars bent,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe's gonna miss his fall,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh God save the human cannonball.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the flying Zambini's watch Marguarita do her neck twist,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the ringmaster gets the crowd to count along: 95, 96, 97.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA ragged suitcase in his hand, he steals silently away from the circus grounds,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the highway's haunted by the carnival sounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey dance like a great greasepaint ghost on the wind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA man in baggy pants, a lonely face, a crazy grin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRunnin' home to some small Ohio town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJesus, send some sweet women to save all your clowns[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd circus boy dances like a monkey on barbed wire,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the barker romances with a junkie, she's got a flat tire,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now the elephants dance real funky and the band plays like a jungle fire,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCircus town's on the live wire.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the strong man Sampson lifts the midget, little Tiny Tim, up on his shoulders, way up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd carries carries him on down the midway past the kids, past the sailors, to his dimly lit trailer[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Dsus[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the ferris wheel turns and turns like it ain't ever gonna stop,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dsus[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\nAnd the circus boss leans over and whispers in the little boy's ear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHey son you want to try the big top?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll aboard, Nebraska's our next stop.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Dsus[/ch]\r\ne|--3---0---2---0---0---2---1---3----|\r\nB|--0---1---3---1---0---3---1---3----|\r\nG|--0---0---2---2---0---4---2---2----|\r\nD|--0---2---0---2---2---4---3---0----|\r\nA|--2---3-------0---2---2---3--------|\r\nE|--3---------------0-------1--------|[/tab]","plain_text":"Wild Billy's Circus Story - Bruce Springsteen\n\n\nIntro:\n| G C | 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