Circus Story chords by Bruce Springsteen
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Verse 1
(G major) 1, 2, 3, 4... (C major) (G major)
The ma (C major) chinist climbs his fer
(D major) ris wheel like a brave (G major)
In the (C major) fire eater's line,
in the pool (D major) of sweat,
victim of the (G major) heat wave
Behind the (C major) tent, the hired hand (D major) tightens his legs on (G major) the sword,
swallower's (C major) blade
It's circus time's on the short
(G major) wave (C major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Well, (C major) the runway lies ahead
(D major) like a great false dawn (G major)
Oh, the fat lady, (C major) big mama,
miss the (D major) bamboo
Sits in her chair (G major) and yawns
And the (C major) man beast lies in his (D major) cage
sniffing popcorn (G major)
Yeah, the (C major) midget licks his finger (D major) s
And suffers (G major) messy bamboo scorn (C major)
And circus town's been born (G major)
Whoa, when I (C major) whistle, drum a go,
ballerina to and fro
Carter wheelin' up on (G major) that tightrope
With a (C major) cannon blast, lightnin' flash
Movin' fast through the tenth Mars bed
He's (G major) gonna miss his fall
Oh God save the human cannonball (D major)
And the fly (C major) in' Zambini's watchin'
Margarita do her nex (G major) t quest
And the ring (C major) master gets a crowd to count along,
95, 96, (A minor) 97 (D major)
A ragged (C major) suitcase in his hand,
he steals si (D major) lently away
from (E minor) the circus crowd
In the (C major) highways haunted by
the carnival (D major) sounds
They dance like a great (E minor) priest
(D major) playing ghosts on the wind (C major)
A (D major) man in baggy (B minor) pants,
a (E minor) lonely face, a crazy grin (C major)
Runnin' home (G major) to some small (F major) Ohio (C major) town
Je (E minor) sus sen (G major) t some good women
to save (D major) all your clowns
And Silky (C major) Boy dances like a
(D major) monkey on barbed wire (G major)
And the (C major) Baccarat man sits
with the (D major) junkie,
she's got a flat tire (G major)
And now the (C major) elephants dance real funky (D major)
And the band (G major) play like a jungle fire (C major)
Circus Town's on the live (G major) wire
And the strong (C major) man's sassin'
This midget little tiny Tim
Way up on his shoulder Way up
And carries him on down the (G major) midway
Past the (C major) kids, past the (G major) sailors
To his (C major) dimly lit trailer
(G major) And the (C major) ferris wheel turns and turn (G major) s
like it ain't ever gonna stop (D major)
And the circus boss leans over,
whispers in the little boy's ear
Hey son, (C major) you wanna try the big (G major) top?
Wally Bor (C major) den, the best,
cause that's (G major) next time.
Circus Story
Bruce Springsteen
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