Wild Billy's Circus Story chords by Bruce Springsteen
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Verse 1
(G major) Ah, one, two, three four (C major) (G major)
The machinist (C major) climbs his Fer
(D major) ris wheel like a brave (G major)
And the fire- (C major) eater's lyin' in a pool (D major) of sweat,
victim of the (G major) heat wave
Behind the tent, (C major) the hired hand (D major) tightens his legs
on (G major) the sword (C major) swallower's blade
Circus town's on the (G major) (C major) (G major) (C major)
(G major) shortwave
Verse 2
Well, the runway (C major) lies ahead
(D major) like a great false (G major) dawn
Oh, fat lady, (C major) big mama,
Missy (D major) Bimbo sits in her chair (G major) and yawns
And the man- (C major) beast lies in his
(D major) cage sniffin' popcorn (G major)
And the midget (C major) licks his finger (D major) s and suf
fers (G major) Missy (C major) Bimbo's scorn
Circus town's been born
(G major)
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Verse 3
Oh, and a (C major) press roll drummer go,
ballerina to- and- fro
Cartwheelin' up on (G major) that tightrope
With a (C major) cannon blast, lightnin' flash,
movin' fast through the tent, Mars- bent
He's (G major) gonna miss his fall, oh,
God save the human cannonball (D major)
And the fly (C major) in' Zambinis watch
Margarita do her neck (G major) twist
And the ring (C major) master gets
the crowd to count along
Ninety- five, ninety- six, (A minor)
ninety- seven
(D major)
Verse 4
A ragged (C major) suitcase in his hand,
he steals si (D major) lently away from the (E minor) circus grounds
And the (C major) highway's haunted
by the carnival (D major) sounds
They dance like a great (E minor)
(D major) greasepaint ghost on the wind
A (C major) (D major) man in baggy (B minor) pants,
(E minor) a lonely face, a crazy (C major) grin
Runnin' home (G major) to some
small (F major) Ohio (C major) town (E minor)
Jesus, (G major) send some good women
to save (D major) all your clowns
Verse 5
And cir (C major) cus boy dances like
a mon (D major) key on barbed wire (G major)
And the barker (C major) romances with a junkie, (D major)
she's got a flat tire (G major)
And now the ele (C major) phants dance real funky (D major)
and the band (G major) plays like a jungle fire (C major)
Circus town's on the live (G major) wire
Verse 6
And the strong (C major) man Samson
lifts the midget
Little Tiny Tim, way up on his shoulders,
way up
And carries him on down the mid (G major) way
Past the kid (C major) s, past the sail (G major) ors,
to his (C major) dimly lit trailer (G major)
And the Fer (C major) ris wheel turns and turn (G major)
s like it ain't ever gonna stop (D major)
And the circus boss leans over and
whispers into the little boy's ear
Hey, son, (C major) you want to try the big (G major) top?
All aboard, (C major) Nebraska's our (G major) next stop
(G major)
Wild Billy's Circus Story
Bruce Springsteen
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