The Flying Trapeze (1867) chords by 
Graham Parker 
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Key: Ab major•
Intro 1
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Cm
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Verse 1
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Once I was happy,
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but now I'm forlorn
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Like an old coat that
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is tattered and torn
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Left on this world of bread and more
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Betrayed by a maid in her teens
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The girl that I loved, she was hand some
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I tried all I knew her to please
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But I could not please her
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one quarter so well
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As the man on the flying trapeze
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He'd fly through the air
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with the greatest of ease
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That dar ing young man
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on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful,
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all girls couldn't please
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My lad, he purlined away
This young man by name
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is in your bonus slang
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Tall, big and handsome,
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he's well made his chain
Wherever he appeared,
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the hall loudly rang
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With a vision from all people there
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He'd smile from the barn
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to people below
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One night he smiled on my love
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She winked back at him
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as she shouted Bravo
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As he hung by his nose up above
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He'd fly to the air with
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the greatest of ease
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That daring young man
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on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful,
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all girls could be pleased
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And my love, he'd be mine away
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Her father and mother
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were both on my side
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An d very hard tried to make her my bride
Her father he sighed,
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her mother she cried
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He'd see her to herself away
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Twice I'll know there she
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went there every night
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And would throw him
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bouquets on the stage
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Which caused him to meet her,
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how he ran me down
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To tell you would take her whole page
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So one night, as usual,
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I went to her home
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Found there her father and mother alone
I asked for my love
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and soon they made it known
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To my hor ror, she'd run away
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He taught her gymnastics
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and dressed her in tights
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To help him live at his ease
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And made her assume a masculine name
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And now she goes on the trapeze
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She di ves through the air
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with the greatest of ease
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You'd think her that man
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on the flying trap
Her movements were graceful,
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all girls she could please
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And that was the end of my love
He'd fly through the air
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with the greatest of ease
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That daring young man
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on the flying trapeze
His movements were graceful,
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all girls could he please
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And my love, he purled on away
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Yeah, my love, you pearl on the white
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My love, you pearl on the
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white
Outro 1
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