Key: Eb major
Verse 1
Bb
F
Gsus4
G
Well in
C
F
1941 a
Bb
G
happy father had a son
C
F
Bb
And by 1944 the father walked
C
F
And in '45, the mom
Bb
G
and son were still alive
Ab
Ab
But who could tell in '46 if the
Gsus4
G
two were to survive
Verse 2
F
quickly
Bb
G
But not fast enough for him
C
F
So he closed his eyes through '55
Bb
G
And then he opened them up again
Bb
G
And the clown seemed very gay
Ab
Gsus4
G
And he set that night to join that circus clown and run away
Interlude 1
C
F
Bb
G
C
F
Bb
G
Ab
G
Ab
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Ab
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C
F
Bb
D
G
Verse 3
C
F
Well he followed every railroad track
Bb
G
And every highway sign
C
F
And he had a girl in each new town
Bb
G
And the towns he left behind
C
F
And the open road
Bb
G
Was the only road he knew
Verse 4
G
C
F
Then he met a girl, the kind of girl
Bb
G
He wanted all his life
C
F
She was soft and kind and good to him
Bb
G
So he took her for his wife
C
F
And they got a house not far from town
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G
And in a little while
Verse 5
C
F
Bb
G
Now in 1961, a happy father had a son
C
F
And by 1964 the father
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G
walked right out the door
C
F
And in '65 the mom
Bb
G
and son were still around
G
C
F
Bb
G
C
F
Bb
When the circus comes to
G
C
F
Bb
G
C
F
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G
C
F
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G
C
F
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G
C
town?
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