Key: Db major
Intro 1
B
C
G
C
Am
Dm
G
C
A
Dm
F
G
C
G
Verse 1
B
C
E
C
A clown can laugh when he's unhappy,
G
B
C
B
C
sometimes I wish I were a clown.
F
E
C
G
I'd like to sing away my sorrow,
A
E
G
G
every sorrow, every foul.
B
C
A lively jingle never cheers me.
Am
A
G
I sing of love, but no one hears me. me.
B
C
G
I've got to sing a torch song,
C
Em
Dm
for that's the way I feel,
G
C
A
when I feel a thing,
C
E
C
D
Dm
G
C
then I can sing, it must be real.
G
Dm
G
I couldn't sing a gay song,
C
Em
Dm
it wouldn't be sincere,
A
G
I could
C
A
E
I've never groomed a happy tomb
C
G
C
without a tear.
B
Em
B
I have my dreams, but one by one,
G
Em
G
Am
D
I try to smile and face the sun,
G
Dm
G
but romance passes by.
B
C
Dm
G
I've got to sing a torch song
C
A
Dm
to someone far apart,
G
C
A
E
for the torch I bear is burning there
C
G
C
Dm
G
Right in my heart
B
C
Dm
C
G
C
Dm
G
C
A
When I feel a thing,
Dm
E
that's when I can sing
Em
C
G
B
Honey, it must be real
C
G
C
Dm
G
C
A
G
I could never croon a happy little tune,
C
G
C
oh, without a tear.
G
Dm
D
Dm
but one by one,
G
Em
they vanish in the sky.
G
A
D
I try to smile and face the sun,
Dm
G
Dm
G
but romance passes by.
C
G
I've got to sing a torch song
C
Dm
to someone far apart,
G
C
A
E
for the torch I bear is burning there
G
C
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