sideshow blues
sideshow blues

sideshow blues easy guitar chords by Todd Snider

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    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    My 
    landlady 
    treats 
    me 
    like 

    I don't 
    pay 
    my 
    rent 

    Gave my 
    car 
    to my 
    mechanic, 

    I 
    ain't seen 
    it 
    since 

    My 
    phone 
    is 
    always 
    ringing, 

    when I 
    want 
    to 
    be 
    alone 

    They 
    try 
    and 
    sell 
    me 
    everything 

    from 
    Heaven 
    to 
    cologne 

    Every
    body's 
    got 

    an offer 
    I 
    can't 
    refuse 

    It's 
    a circus 
    out 
    here 
    mama, 

    Your 
    baby's 
    got 
    the sideshow 
    blues 

    Verse 2
    It's 
    all 
    a 
    big 
    commercial; It's 

    a video 
    of a 
    man 

    It's a 
    plot 
    to 
    put 
    an 
    end 

    to my 
    attention 
    span 

    They 
    make 
    up 
    all 
    these 
    issues, 

    I never 
    understood 

    If 
    I 
    thought 
    I 
    could 
    change 
    things 

    I'd 
    run 
    out 
    to Hollywood 

    But it's 
    hard 
    to 
    kick 
    the door 
    down 

    wearing 
    seven 
    dollar 
    shoes 

    It's 
    a cir
    cus 
    out 
    here 
    mama, 

    Your 
    baby's 
    got 
    the sideshow 
    blues 

    Verse 3
    I've 
    got 
    them sideshow 
    blues 

    I 
    want 
    to tame 
    the 
    lions 

    These 
    center 
    ring 
    rich 
    kids 

    ain't 
    even 
    trying 

    From 
    college 
    to 
    the big 
    top 
    they 

    take 
    the be
    st 
    pos
    itions 

    While 
    I'm 
    out 
    in 
    this 
    tent 
    with 

    these 
    freaks 
    and 
    musicians 

    While 
    I'm 
    out 
    in 
    this 
    tent 
    with 

    these 
    freaks 
    and 
    musicians 

    I'm 
    moaning 
    them 
    sideshow 

    blues 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 4
    I try 
    to tell 
    my 
    girlfriend 
    she's 

    the only 
    one that 
    I've 
    got 

    This 
    chick 
    I 
    hardly 
    knows 
    keeps 

    on 
    telling 
    her she's 
    not 

    She 
    got 
    a 
    loaded 
    pistol, 

    she 
    waves 
    it 
    all 
    the time 

    Says 
    some 
    times 
    you gotta 
    kill 

    a boy 
    to 
    keep 
    his 
    ass 
    in 
    line 

    Well 
    that's 
    the way 
    she sees 
    it, 

    she 
    says 
    she 
    saw 
    it 
    on 
    the 
    news 

    It's 
    a cir
    cus 
    out 
    here 
    mama, 

    Your 
    baby's 
    got 
    the sideshow 
    blues 

    Verse 5
    See 
    people 
    play 
    satanic 
    record
    s, 

    and 
    you don't 
    know 
    when 
    they'll 
    freak 

    From 
    quiet 
    kid 
    to 
    maniac 
    to 

    movie 
    of 
    the week 

    We're 
    killing 
    over 
    cocaine, 

    dying 
    over 
    sex 

    We're 
    bowing 
    down 
    and 
    praying 

    to who'll 
    ever 
    cuts 
    the check 

    When I 
    go 
    to church 
    on 
    Sunday, 

    I 
    can't 
    help 
    sleep 
    in 
    the 
    pews 
    (that's what I 
    do) 

    It's 
    a cir
    cus 
    out 
    here 
    mama, 

    Your 
    baby's 
    got 
    the sideshow 
    blues 

    It's 
    a cir
    cus 
    out 
    here 
    mama, 

    Your 
    baby's 
    got 
    the sideshow 
    blues 

    It's 
    a cir
    cus 
    out 
    here 
    mama, 

    Your 
    baby's 
    got 
    the sideshow 
    blues 

    It's 
    a 
    circus 
    people...Step Right 
    Up 

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