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My Bmwhole life it is Emisery
My Bmwhole life it is Egrief
The Bmface-paint it just Ehides my soul
My Bmlife is a deEceit
My Ammakeup lies reDmdundant now
  AmBetween my canvas Dmwalls
AmThe lip rouge and the Dmface-paint
Are Amno longer on Dmcall
And my AmphotographsDm  
AmThey're all fading Dmfast
  AmThe children are all Dmadults now
And Amtheir memories did not Dmlast
  AmWell, no one really lDmaughed at me
Just a Amclown who is now Dmdead
And my Amsuicide, my Dmsuicide, 
  AmMy suicide note Dmread:
My Bmlife it was Ea misery
My Bmlife it was all Egrief
And the Bmface-paint Ehides my soul
My Bmlife is a deceEit
Well, the Amblood has darkened Dmnow
Upon Ammy suicide Dmnote
And AmI lie in my Dmpaupers grave
  AmAlong with my cut Dmthroat
And my Bmwhole life it was Emisery
And my Bmwhole life it was Egrief
And the Bmface-paint it just Ehides my soul
My Bmwhole life was Ea decAmeit

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Clown

by The Tiger Lillies

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Bm E

My whole life it is misery

Bm E

My whole life it is grief

Bm E

The face-paint it just hides my soul

Bm E

My life is a deceit

Am Dm

My makeup lies redundant now

Am Dm

Between my canvas walls

Am Dm

The lip rouge and the face-paint

Am Dm

Are no longer on call

Am Dm

And my photographs

Am Dm

They're all fading fast

Am Dm

The children are all adults now

Am Dm

And their memories did not last

Am Dm

Well, no one really laughed at me

Am Dm

Just a clown who is now dead

Am Dm

And my suicide, my suicide,

Am Dm

My suicide note read:

Bm E

My life it was a misery

Bm E

My life it was all grief

Bm E

And the face-paint hides my soul

Bm E

My life is a deceit

Am Dm

Well, the blood has darkened now

Am Dm

Upon my suicide note

Am Dm

And I lie in my paupers grave

Am Dm

Along with my cut throat

Bm E

And my whole life it was misery

Bm E

And my whole life it was grief

Bm E

And the face-paint it just hides my soul

Bm E Am

My whole life was a deceit

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