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