Key: Eb major
Verse 1
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E
F#sus4
F#
Well in
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E
1941 a
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happy father had a son
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E
A
And by 1944 the father walked
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E
And in '45, the mom
A
F#
and son were still alive
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G
But who could tell in '46 if the
F#sus4
F#
two were to survive
Verse 2
E
quickly
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F#
But not fast enough for him
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E
So he closed his eyes through '55
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F#
And then he opened them up again
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F#
And the clown seemed very gay
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F#sus4
F#
And he set that night to join that circus clown and run away
Interlude 1
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E
A
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E
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G
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F#
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E
A
C#
F#
Verse 3
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E
Well he followed every railroad track
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F#
And every highway sign
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E
And he had a girl in each new town
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F#
And the towns he left behind
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And the open road
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Was the only road he knew
Verse 4
F#
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E
Then he met a girl, the kind of girl
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He wanted all his life
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E
She was soft and kind and good to him
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F#
So he took her for his wife
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And they got a house not far from town
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And in a little while
Verse 5
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E
A
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Now in 1961, a happy father had a son
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E
And by 1964 the father
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walked right out the door
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E
And in '65 the mom
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and son were still around
F#
B
E
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B
E
A
When the circus comes to
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E
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B
town?
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