Key: B major•
Verse 1
B
A
B
F#m
G#m
B
Oh,
A
E
it's so funny to be seeing you after so long, girl
G#m
A
I understand that you were not impressed
G#m
A
I heard you let that little friend of mine
D
B
take off your party dress
A
G#m
A
I'm not gonna get too sentimental
B
A
like those other stick -of
G#m
-valentines
C#m
B
A
Cause I don't know if
G#m
A
you were lovin' somebody
D
B
A
I only know that isn't mine
E
A
B
Alison, I know this world
G#m
A
B
A
is killing you
E
A
B
E
Alison, my aim is true
A
E
When I see you got a husband now
B
A
You used to hold him right
C#m
D
B
But it took everything
that he could take
G#m
B
stop you from talking
A
G#m
When I hear the silly things that you say
C#m
B
A
I think somebody better
C#m
D
Cause I can't stand to
E
B
A
see you this way
E
Allison
A
B
G#m
C#m
B
A
I know this world is killing you
E
Allison
A
B
E
A
My aim is true.
D
B
E
A
My aim is true.
D
B
E
A
D
B
E
My aim is true.
A
D
B
E
A
My aim is true.
D
B
Laugh everyone at the clown,
E
A
B
he's the best one in town
D
B
E
A
D
But somewhere
A
D
B
E
A
There's an ember of pride
D
B
A
People say I'm the life of the party
B
E
A
Cuz I tell a joke or two
D
B
E
A
Although I may be laughing loud and hard
D
B
E
A
Deep inside I'm blue
E
A
D
You'll see my smile
E
D
E
A
looks out of place
D
B
A
E
A
If you look closer it's easy to trace
D
B
E
A
The tracks of my tears
D
B
E
A
The tracks of my tears
D
B
A
Just like how that archer did
D
B
I'm gonna keep my
E
A
sadness hidden
D
B
E
Though I'm smiling in the public eye
A
D
In my lonely room I cry
E
A
D
The tears of a clown
E
A
D
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E
The tears of a clown
A
D
B
No sponge has the power
E
A
To absorb the shower
B
E
A
Couldn't cover
D
B
E
A
But today as I look in the mirror
D
B
C#m
I see things a whole lot clearer now
A
D
E
D
No more tear -stained
E
A
D
B
E
A
make -up for me
D
D#
B
No more tear -stained make
E
A
D
B
D
E
A
-up for me me.
D
B
E
A
Cloud time is over.
D
E
A
Cloud time is over.
D
B
E
A
Cloud time is over.
D
B
E
A
It's over. It's over. It's over.
D
E
A
It's over. over. It's over.
D
B
E
D
A
D
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E
Whoa, ho, ho
All right Steve Mullin with a Pell G'day
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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