They Murdered The Clown chords by Graham Parker
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Verse 1
(G major) (D minor) Pre>intro: a em a em gm
A em g d (G major) (D minor) (F minor)
The (G major) ringmaster looked a bit (D minor) pasty and down
dying (A minor) as he was to get (C major) out of town
A em
The (G major) lions and the tigers
had gnawed (D minor) at his feet
G d
But the (A minor) lion tamer's whip hurt
(C major) much more than their teeth
A em g (G major) d
The giovanni sisters per (D minor) formed in a sweat
someone (A minor) cut holes (C major) in the safety net
A em
(G major) The ritzo brothers cancelled
(D minor) at the last minute
G d
But (A minor) no one missed their act
there (C major) wasn't much in it
Verse 2
(C major) Chorus
A em d a
And after the (G major) show that night (F major) the clowns
had the makeup (C major) wiped from their faces (G major)
A em d a
When somebody pulled a knife (F major) and
cut off (C major) coco's bright red braces (G major)
A d a e a (D major) d a e (G major)
They murdered (C major) the clown (G major) they
(C major) wiped that grin (G major) right off his (D major) face
(G major) A d a e a d a e
They (C major) murdered the clown (G major) still
the world's (C major) not a funnier (G major) place (D major)
Em (D minor) gm
Fun (F minor) nier place (first and last time
only)
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Verse 3
The kids (G major) rode the elephant
(D minor) heavy as lead
I think (A minor) he'd much rather (C major)
have sat on their heads
They're (G major) ripping the horn from
the rhino (D minor) tonight
So some (A minor) fat sheik can fuck (C major) all night
And watch (G major) out for coco when
(D minor) he's had a drink
He'll (A minor) tickle the children right (C major)
where they're pink
You (G major) might run away with
the (D minor) circus for fun
But it (A minor) looks more like somewhere (C major) that you'd run from (G major) (F major) (C major)
(G major) (F major)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (repeat chorus)
You (D major)
Verse 4
(G major) (D minor) (G major) (D minor)
(G major) (D minor) (F major) (F minor)
should (G major) see
the fear on the dan (D minor) cing bears' faces
(A minor) Take off their muzzles and check (C major)
out the view
The gypsy (G major) boys seem such
(D minor) colourful characters
But you (A minor) wouldn't want them
mov (C major) ing in next to you
And (G major) after the whole lot has
pulled (D minor) out of town
The (A minor) ringmaster still look (C major) s like
he's going to drown
He (G major) pulls out a long knife
that (D minor) bears his initials
And (A minor) buries it deep before
(C major) he blows the whistle
Verse 5
A em (C major)
She (G minor) looked at him sideways
she (D minor) looked at him dark
G d
She (A minor) pulled at her beard and
she star (C major) ted to bark (C minor)
A em
He told (G minor) her before not to mess (D minor) with the staff
G
But she (A minor) fell for the clown because she said (C major) he made her (G major) (F major) (C major) (G major)
(F major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) (C major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) laugh (repeat chorus) pre>
Outro 1
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They Murdered The Clown
Graham Parker
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