Key: D major•
Verse 1
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Well,
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in 1941,
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a happy father had a son
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And by 1944,
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father walked right out the door
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And in 45, the mom and
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son were still alive
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years were passing quickly
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but not fast enough for him
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so he closed his eyes to 55
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and he looked around and saw a clown
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and he said
I'd like to join that circus clown
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and run away
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Am
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Well, followed
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And he had a girl in each new town
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and the towns he left behind
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And the open road
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was the only road he knew
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was slowly turning into blue
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the kind of girl he'd wanted all his life
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She was soft and kind and good to him
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And they got a house not far from town
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The girl had seen the doctor
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Now in 1961
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a happy father had a son
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the father walked right out the door
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And at sixty -five her mom and son
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when the circus comes to town?
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G C A Gm...
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