Key: Bb major
Intro 1
G
C
G
D
C
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Em
Well,
Verse 1
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the day the circus came to town,
C
Em
And the other half was sick in bed
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D
They were sure they'd lost their voice.
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Em
C
When the monkey tried to speak.
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C
Trumpets blared and sparklers flared
Em
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C
And thunder shook the ground
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D
As the elephant split open wide,
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he now poured all the clouds.
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C
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with pie upon their faces
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and with riddles on their lips.
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it was the greatest circus yet.
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C
And the ti gers cracked their whips
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until the trainers jumped through hoops
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Then the clowns declared the cage unfair
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and they turned the tigers loose
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C
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But he smacked and hit the tent post
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With the greatest of dis -ease
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The fire truck came quickly,
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C
but the back was full of flames.
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C
and gasoline cars.
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At last we'll fight the fire back
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with human cannonballs.
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C
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That no one took a no tice
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as the clowns took to the streets
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They teeped all the neighbor's homes,
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and pissed in all the pools.
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Oh look, oh look, it's festive now,
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the three ring party rock.
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And folks looked up to see the floods,
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Em
and awe.
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Where the crowd had gotten weary
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the des perate game of hide
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Cause every clown was pointing
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C
at the clown right next to him
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So let's load them up in circus trucks
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C
and drive them out of town.
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It's not that they are bad per se,
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it's just that clowns are clowns
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are clowns are clowns.
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You
Outro 1
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Em
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