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Album: Riding A Black Unicorn... (2011)
CAPO 3
Standard Tuning
Intro:
D   G   D   A
Well the Ddays are long, and the work is hard
When your Gchildhood is spent in the Dfields
And summer seemed to last a million Ayears
One Dday when I was just a boy
During Gone of those hot summer Dswells
The locusts were silenced by the clanging of Abells
And Gthere was the Athing for Dwhich I Glonged
A place where AI beDlonged
Where I Gfirst held the Ahand of the Done I Gloved   (pause)
When the Gcircus Acame to Dtown
We ate Dcandy corns and corn dogs
Cotton Gcandy and candy Dcanes
And we shared a caramel apple by the arAcade
And when Dnight fell, and the stars rose
And Glights bedazzled the Dfair
We rode the Ferris Wheel up into the Aair
And Gthere was the Athing for Dwhich I Glonged
A place where AI beDlonged
Where I Gfirst held the Ahand of the Done I Gloved   (pause)
When the Gcircus Acame to Dtown
And Glater in the fun-house, our Dbodies looked so strange
And the Gmirrors made our faces seem Dderanged
And the Gsnake man, in the Afreak show
DHe got you so Galarmed
That you Aran and ran and ran right into my arms, oh oh oh
   G     A     D      G     A    D    G    A    D   G....    G     A  D  
The next Dmorning, I got up
Wrapped my Gclothes up into a Dball
And I ran and ran to run away with the Afair
But when DI arrived, to my surprise
All the Gtents and wagons were Dgone
And they'd stolen all the happiness from the Aair
And Ggone was the Athing for Dwhich I Glonged
That place where AI beDlonged
Where I Glast held the Ahand of the Done I Gloved    (pause)
When the Gcircus Acame 
When the Dcircus Gcame
When the circus Acame to Dtown 
  G    A    D   G.....   G    A  D  
End on D

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When The Circus Came To Town

by Voltaire

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Album: Riding A Black Unicorn... (2011)

CAPO 3

Standard Tuning

Intro:

D G D A

Well the days are long, and the work is hard

G D

When your childhood is spent in the fields

And summer seemed to last a million years

One day when I was just a boy

G D

During one of those hot summer swells

The locusts were silenced by the clanging of bells

G A D G

And there was the thing for which I longed

A D

A place where I belonged

G A D G

Where I first held the hand of the one I loved (pause)

G A D

When the circus came to town

We ate candy corns and corn dogs

G D

Cotton candy and candy canes

And we shared a caramel apple by the arcade

And when night fell, and the stars rose

G D

And lights bedazzled the fair

We rode the Ferris Wheel up into the air

G A D G

And there was the thing for which I longed

A D

A place where I belonged

G A D G

Where I first held the hand of the one I loved (pause)

G A D

When the circus came to town

G D

And later in the fun-house, our bodies looked so strange

G D

And the mirrors made our faces seem deranged

G A

And the snake man, in the freak show

D G

He got you so alarmed

That you ran and ran and ran right into my arms, oh oh oh

G A D G A D G A D G G A D

....

The next morning, I got up

G D

Wrapped my clothes up into a ball

And I ran and ran to run away with the fair

But when I arrived, to my surprise

G D

All the tents and wagons were gone

And they'd stolen all the happiness from the air

G A D G

And gone was the thing for which I longed

A D

That place where I belonged

G A D G

Where I last held the hand of the one I loved (pause)

G A

When the circus came

D G

When the circus came

A D

When the circus came to town

G A D G G A D

.....

End on D

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