Key: Bb major•
Verse 1
Bb
Eb
C
Bb
Eb
Once I was happy,
Ab
F
but now I'm forlorn
Eb
Bb
is tattered and torn
Ab
F
weep and to mourn
Bb
Eb
Betrayed by a maid in her teens
Cm
C
G
and I tried all I knew her to please,
C
G
but I never could please her one quarter so
well as the man on the flying trapeze.
Bb
Eb
Oh, he floats through the air
Ab
F
with the greatest of ease
Bb
Eb
His actions are graceful,
Ab
F
all girls he does please
Bb
Eb
My love he has stolen away
B
E
One night I, as usual,
A
F#
went to her dear home,
B
E
B
E
Found there her father and mother alone.
I asked for my love
A
F#
and it soon was made known,
B
E
To my horror that she'd run away.
C#m
G#
With him, with the greatest of ease.
G#m
G#
To the ground on his flying trapeze
B
E
Oh, he floats through the air
A
F#
with the greatest of ease
E
B
the flying trapeze
A
F#
girls, he does please
B
E
C
My love he has stolen away
F
Bb
G
Some months after that I went into a hall
C
F
And to my surprise I found there on the wall
Bb
G
A bill in red letters that did my heart go
C
F
As she was appearing with him
Dm
A
To help him to live at his ease
Adim
A
And now she goes on the trapeze
C
C
F
Oh, she floats through the air
Bb
G
with the greatest of ease
She does all the work while
Bb
G
he takes his ease
C
Dm
C
F
And that's what's become of my love
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBb Eb C Ab F...
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