Trapeze chords by Patty Griffin

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Verse 1
G 
Gm 
G 
Gm 
Little pink dress,
G 
C 
G 
hanging by her knees
C 
G 
Just overhead on the old trapeze
C 
In the old tent tonight,
G 
Em 
spotlight going round
D 
G 
One of these nights the old
C 
G 
girl's going down
D 
Hallelujah,
G 
Gm 
G 
the old girl's going down

Verse 2
G 
She started with us on the back
Gm 
of a horse
C 
G 
Just seventeen and already divorced
C 
She took to the air
G 
Em 
with the greatest of ease
D 
Like she was born to be gliding
C 
on the old trapeze
G 

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Verse 3

Some people don't care if

they live or they die

Some people want to know

what it feels like to fly

Gather their courage and they

give it a try

Verse 4
G 
Some guy broke her heart and how
her heart it did ache
C 
So she went to the tent of the
G 
lady of the snakes
C 
Who gave her a potion
G 
Em 
and she drank it in
D 
C 
G 
After that her heart never ached again
D 
G 
After that her heart never ached again

Verse 5
C 
Some poeple don't care if
G 
they live or they die
D 
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Some people want to know
D 
G 
what it feels like to fly
C 
Em 
Gather their courage and they give it a try
D 
Fall under the wheels of a time goin' by

Verse 6
G 
C 
G 
Little pink dress, hanging by her knees
C 
G 
Just overhead on the old trapeze
C 
In the old tent tonight,
G 
Em 
spotlight going round
D 
One of these nights the old
C 
G 
girl's going down
D 
One of these nights the old
C 
G 
girl's going down
D 
One of these nights the old
C 
G 
girl's going down
D 
One of these nights the old
C 
G 
girl's going down
D 
C 
G 
D 
C 
Halle- Halle-
G 
D 
C 
G 
Halle-
D 
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah
Hallelujah