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Costume Makes The Clown

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Shakira-"Costume makes the clown"
From "Oral Fixation Vol.2"
I think these are the original notes of the CD song. 
I play it with a capo on the 1st fret. 
E|--6-8-15--6-8-4--6-8-15-14-13-11-6--|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
BmTold you I felt lucky with my humble breGasts
Well I dBmon´t
Said that I was sure the world was gonna chaGnge
Well I´m Bmnot 
Before I didn´t give a damn ´bout what they sGay
But I Bmdo
Promised that I´ll never ever lie to yGou
PRE-CHORUS:
So you can hEmelp
Taking the mAake-up off my fEmace
Before I forgAet my own featF#ures
CHORUS:
GI´m not hAere to let you dBmown
GBut the cosAtume makes the clBmown
GIt´s just laAshing out on mDe
Don´t be so hBmard
Don´t be so hGard on this
It´s your tF#urn now
To cheat on me
BmPromises I made to you went down the sGink
BmReally hope I haven´t harmed your self estGeem
BmI´m not a virgin but I´m not the whore you thGink
BmAnd I don´t always smell like strawberries and cGream
PRE-CHORUS:
So you can hEmelp
Taking the mAake-up off my fEmace
Before I forgAet who I am F#now
CHORUS:
G´Cause I´m not hAere to let you dBmown
GBut the cosAtume makes the clBmown
GIt´s just lAashing out on mDe
Don´t be so hBmard
Don´t be so hard on tGhis
It´s your tF#urn now
Your turn nGow...Bm  G  
GI´m not hAere to let you dBmown
GBut the cosAtume makes the clBmown
GIt´s just lasAhing out on Dme
Don´t be so hBmard
Don´t be so hGard on this
It´s your tF#urn now
Your turn nGow...Bm  G  
To cheat on Bmme. G  Bm  
Enjoy it!

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Costume Makes The Clown

by Shakira

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Shakira-"Costume makes the clown"

From "Oral Fixation Vol.2"

I think these are the original notes of the CD song.

I play it with a capo on the 1st fret.

E|--6-8-15--6-8-4--6-8-15-14-13-11-6--|

B|------------------------------------|

G|------------------------------------|

D|------------------------------------|

A|------------------------------------|

E|------------------------------------|

Bm G

Told you I felt lucky with my humble breasts

Well I don´t

Said that I was sure the world was gonna change

Well I´m not

Before I didn´t give a damn ´bout what they say

But I do

Promised that I´ll never ever lie to you

PRE-CHORUS:

So you can help

A Em

Taking the make-up off my face

A F#

Before I forget my own features

CHORUS:

G A Bm

I´m not here to let you down

G A Bm

But the costume makes the clown

G A D

It´s just lashing out on me

Don´t be so hard

Don´t be so hard on this

It´s your turn now

To cheat on me

Bm G

Promises I made to you went down the sink

Bm G

Really hope I haven´t harmed your self esteem

Bm G

I´m not a virgin but I´m not the whore you think

Bm G

And I don´t always smell like strawberries and cream

PRE-CHORUS:

So you can help

A Em

Taking the make-up off my face

A F#

Before I forget who I am now

CHORUS:

G A Bm

´Cause I´m not here to let you down

G A Bm

But the costume makes the clown

G A D

It´s just lashing out on me

Don´t be so hard

Don´t be so hard on this

It´s your turn now

G Bm G

Your turn now...

G A Bm

I´m not here to let you down

G A Bm

But the costume makes the clown

G A D

It´s just lashing out on me

Don´t be so hard

Don´t be so hard on this

It´s your turn now

G Bm G

Your turn now...

Bm G Bm

To cheat on me.

Enjoy it!

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