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Clown

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Tuning:  D   A   D   G   B   D-> Double Drop D  
Capo: 3rd Fret
You have to pick the Chords:
(Only the strings you'll hit while picking are written down, strings you don't hit 
are marked with a x)
    Am= x0x210
     D= 0xx230
    D7= xxx010
     G= 5xx000
am11  = xxx030
   Em6= 2xx005
    F9= 3xx010
   G/F= 3xx000
     C= x3x010 
    D6= x3x200
F+    = 3xx100
Am*   = x0x212
G*    = 5xx005
   Gm7= 5xx004
    G7= 5xx003
F+7   = x3x111
   G/D= x2x030
Em*   = 2xx000
D*    = x3x200
    Dm= 0xx053
Dm*   = 0xx453
Dm**  = 0xx353
Dm*** = 0xx253
D***  = 0xx234
     A= 2xx222
Intro:  Am   D   Am  D  
                   Am              D           Am       D    D7       Gam11            Em6    Am  D  
The lights have gone dim, and the people are gone. And clown goes back into his caravan.
           Am            D            Am      D    D7          Gam11                 Em6      Am  D  
Hangs up his smile on a hook by the door And lets his ragged coat slip to the floor.
With the F9sound of the children's G/Flaughter Still Cringing in his D6ears.
F+                                  Am*      D  
Laughing 'cause they're happy, They laugh to hide their fears.
G*                         Gm7               G7  Am*
Clown loves the children For, like him, they fear.
    F+7                 G/D  Em*        D*                                  G*
The world does not exist tonight, And only the circus, Only the circus is real.
                                                 Dm  Dm*
As real as the elephants that trumpet in the ring. Real like the trapeze, see it swing.
Dm**                                  Dm***
Real like the man who eats real fire, Real like the lady on the high wire.
La, la... D***          A   Dx2
But the people have gone, his identity gone. Clown peeps through he window of his caravan.
From the trees on the common The town looks so small.
Clown puts on his coat and goes out the door. And the distant neon lights
They shine above the town. "It's almost like a circus", thinks clown.
Then half with fear And half with delight, Shivering, shaking.
Clown stands laughing, Clown stands laughing, Clown is laughing at the night.

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Clown

by Ralph McTell

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

Chords in this song · guitar

Em6

G/F

Gm7

G/D

D A D G B D D

Tuning: -> Double Drop

Capo: 3rd Fret

You have to pick the Chords:

(Only the strings you'll hit while picking are written down, strings you don't hit

are marked with a x)

= x0x210

= 0xx230

= xxx010

= 5xx000

am11 = xxx030

Em6

= 2xx005

= 3xx010

G/F

= 3xx000

= x3x010

= x3x200

+ = 3xx100

* = x0x212

* = 5xx005

Gm7

= 5xx004

= 5xx003

+7 = x3x111

G/D

= x2x030

* = 2xx000

* = x3x200

= 0xx053

* = 0xx453

** = 0xx353

*** = 0xx253

*** = 0xx234

= 2xx222

Am D Am D

Intro:

Am D Am D D7 G Em6 Am D

am11

The lights have gone dim, and the people are gone. And clown goes back into his caravan.

Am D Am D D7 G Em6 Am D

am11

Hangs up his smile on a hook by the door And lets his ragged coat slip to the floor.

F9 G/F C D6

With the sound of the children's laughter Still ringing in his ears.

F Am D

+ *

Laughing 'cause they're happy, They laugh to hide their fears.

G Gm7 G7 Am

* *

Clown loves the children For, like him, they fear.

F G/D Em D G

+7 * * *

The world does not exist tonight, And only the circus, Only the circus is real.

Dm Dm

As real as the elephants that trumpet in the ring. Real like the trapeze, see it swing.

Dm Dm

** ***

Real like the man who eats real fire, Real like the lady on the high wire.

D A D

La, la... *** x2

But the people have gone, his identity gone. Clown peeps through he window of his caravan.

From the trees on the common The town looks so small.

Clown puts on his coat and goes out the door. And the distant neon lights

They shine above the town. "It's almost like a circus", thinks clown.

Then half with fear And half with delight, Shivering, shaking.

Clown stands laughing, Clown stands laughing, Clown is laughing at the night.

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