Key: C major•
Intro 1
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C
Am
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Am
G
C
F
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Am
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Am
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C
Verse 1
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C
G
C
I work the high wire in the center ring
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C
G
C
Defyin' gravity, that's my thing
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C
G
Am
Guess I never wanted no regular life
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C
G
C
I couldn't stand to be nobody's wife
Verse 2
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C
Some people tell me that
G
C
I'm livin' their dream
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C
But things in the circus
G
C
ain't what they seem
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C
Believe me, darlin',
G
Am
F
it's a lonely world
C
G
It ain't easy for a circus
Interlude 1
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Am
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C
Verse 3
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C
Nobody knows you when
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C
you come to town
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C
You're somebody's hero
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C
or you're somebody's clown
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C
And you hope like hell that
G
Am
it'll be enough
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G
baby when the sun comes up
Verse 4
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C
dazzle 'em with beauty
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F
C
Make 'em laugh until they cry
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Am
You can give 'em the thrill of a lifetime
Dm
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But they always say goodbye
F
Verse 5
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C
It's just that sometimes I get so tired
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C
G
C
Of goin' nowhere on that little wire
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C
G
Am
I'd like to plant my feet on solid ground
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C
G
C
F
But God have mercy, it's a long way down
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Am
F
Interlude 2
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G
C
F
C
Am
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Am
G
C
Verse 6
G
C
right on up to the sky
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C
G
C
I don't look down and I don't ask why
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C
And just for a moment
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Am
I'm on top of the world
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C
G
C
Just for a moment I'm a circus girl
Outro 1
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C
Am
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F
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F
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C
Csus2
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF C Am G Dm...
F
C
Am
G
Dm
Csus2
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