Circus

Circus easy guitar chords by Tom Waits

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

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  • Em

  • F

  • B

    2
  • C

  • D#

    6
  • Am

  • D

  • Baug

  • A

  • Em

  • F

  • B

    2
  • C

  • D#

    6
  • Am

  • D

  • Baug

  • A

  • Verse 1
    We 
    put up 
    our 
    tent 
    on 
    a dark 

    green 
    knoll, 
    outside 
    of 
    town by 

    the 
    train tracks 
    and 
    a seagull 
    dump 

    Topping 
    the bill 
    was 
    Horse 
    Face 
    Ethel 

    and 
    her 'Marvellous 
    Pigs 
    In 
    Satin' 

    Verse 2
    We pounded 
    our 
    stakes 
    in 
    the ground 

    All 
    powder 
    brown 

    And 
    the 
    branches 
    spread 
    like scary 

    fingers 
    reaching 

    We 
    were 
    in a pasture 

    outside 
    Kankakee 

    Verse 3
    And One 
    Eyed 
    Myra, 
    the 
    queen 
    of 

    the 
    galley 
    who trained 
    the 

    ostrich 
    and the camels 

    She 
    looked 
    at 
    me squinty 
    with 
    her 

    one 
    good 
    eye 
    in a Roy 
    Orbison 

    T- shirt 
    as she 
    bottle 
    fed 

    an 
    orangutan 
    named Tripod 

    Verse 4
    And then 
    there was 

    Yodeling 
    Elaine 
    the 

    queen 
    of 
    the air 
    who 
    wore 

    dollar 
    sign 
    medallion 
    and 
    she 

    had 
    a tiny 
    bubble 
    of 
    spittle 

    around her 
    nos
    tril 
    and a 

    little 
    rusty 
    tear, 
    for she 
    had 

    lassoed 
    and lost 
    another 

    tipsy 
    sailor 

    Verse 5

    And 
    over 
    in 

    the burnt 
    yellow 
    tent 

    by 
    the frozen 
    tractor, 
    the 

    music 
    was 
    like 
    electric 
    sugar 

    And 
    Zuzu Bolin played 

    'Stavin' Chain' and Mighty 

    Tiny 
    on 
    the saw 
    and 
    he 

    threw 
    his head 
    back 
    with a 

    mouth 
    full of 
    gold teeth 

    And they 
    played 'Lopsided 
    heart' 

    And 
    'Moon 
    over 
    Dog 
    Street' 

    Verse 6
    And by the 
    time 
    they played 

    'Moanin 
    Low' 

    I was soak
    in' 
    wet 
    and 

    wild 
    eyed 

    And Doctor 
    Bliss 
    slipped 
    me 

    pre
    paration 
    and I fell 
    asleep 
    with 

    Interlude 1
    'Livery 
    Stable 
    Blues' in 
    my ear 




    And 
    Verse 7
    me 
    and 
    Molley Hoey 
    drank 

    Pruno 
    and Koolaid and she 
    had 

    tattoo 
    gun 
    made out 
    of 
    a cassette 

    motor 
    and a guitar 
    string 
    and 

    she 
    soaked 
    hanky 
    in 
    3 Roses 

    and rubbed 
    it on 
    the spot 

    and drew a rickety 
    heart 
    and 

    bent 
    arrow 
    and it 
    hurt 
    like 
    hell 

    And 
    Fu
    neral 
    Wells 
    spun 
    Verse 8

    Poodle 
    Murphy 
    on 
    the target 

    as he 
    threw 
    his 
    hardware, 

    Only 
    once 
    in She
    boygan 
    did he 
    miss 

    at 
    matinee 
    on 
    Dia
    mond 
    Pier 
    and 

    she'd 
    never 
    let 
    him 
    forget 
    it 

    Verse 9
    They were 
    doing two 

    shows and 
    she 

    had a high 
    fever and he 
    took 

    off 
    a piece of 
    her ear 
    and 

    Tip 
    Little 
    told 
    her 
    she 
    should 

    leave 
    the bum 

    but Poodle 
    said, 
    "He 
    fetched 
    me 

    last 
    time 
    I run." 

    But I'd 
    like 
    to 
    hammer 
    this 

    ring 
    into 
    a bullet 

    And 
    I wish 
    had 
    some 

    whiskey 
    and a 
    gun 

    my dear 

    Verse 10
    And I wish 
    had 
    some 
    whiskey 
    and 
    a gun 

    my 
    dear 


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