1941 chords by John Randolph Marr

SimplifiedD · G · C · F · A …

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Verse 1
D 
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C 
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D 
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C 
F 
A 
Well in 1941
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G 
C 
F 
a  happy father had a son
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G 
And by 1944 the father
C 
walked right out the door
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D 
G 
C 
And in 45 the mom and son were still alive
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Bb 
But who could tell at 46
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A 
if the two were to survive
D 
The years were passing quickly,
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C 
but not fast enough for him
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D 
G 
So he closed his eyes at 55,
C 
then he opened them up again
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D 
And he looked around and
G 
saw a clown,
C 
and the clown seemed very gay
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Bb 
He said, I'd like to join
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D 
G 
C 
that circus clown
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A 
D 
G 
And he had a girl in each new town
C 
And the towns he left behind
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D 
G 
The old mid -road
C 
was the only road he knew
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Bb 
But the color of his dreams
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A 
was slowly turnin' into blue
D 
Then he met a girl,
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C 
the kind of girl he wanted
F 
Oh, his life,
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G 
she was soft and kind and good to him,
C 
so he took her for his wife
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D 
G 
They got a house not far from town
C 
and in a little while
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Bb 
The girl had seen the doctor
A 
and she came home with a
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G 
C 
F 
D 
G 
C 
D 
smile
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D 
G 
C 
F 
Well, in 1961, a happy father had a son
D 
And by 1964,
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C 
F 
the father walked right out the door
D 
G 
C 
In 65, the mom and son were still proud
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Bb 
But what will happen to the boy
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D 
When the circus comes to town