Biography:
Jonathan Coulton is a geek rock / folk rock musician active since 2003 from Brooklyn, known for his songs about geek culture. He is best known for such compositions as "Still Alive" and "Code Monkey", as well as his cover of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back". He is the Contributing Troubadour for Popular Science magazine and the musical director for John Hodgman's Little Gray Book Lectures.
Every week for a year Coulton released a new song for free on his website as part of his Thing a Week podcast
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Other songs:
- A Talk With George
- Alone At Home
- Artificial Heart
- Baby Got Back (acoustic Version)
- Baby Got Back Acoustic
- Betty And Me
- Big Bad World One
- Chiron Beta Prime
- Code Monkey
- Dissolve
- Down Today
- Drinking With You
- Famous Blue Raincoat
- First Of May
- Glasses
- Good Morning Tuscon
- I Crush Everything
- I'm Your Moon
- Ikea
- Mr. Fancy Pants
- My Monkey
- Nemeses
- Not About You
- One Christmas At A Time
- Portal - Still Alive - Valve (full)
- Re: Your Brains
- Shopvac
- Skullcrusher Mountain
- Soft Rocked By Me
- Still Alive
- Still Alive- Artificial Heart Version
- The Future Soon
- Tom Cruise Crazy
- When You Go
- You Ruined Everything
- Want You Gone
- A Laptop Like You
- All This Time
- Always The Moon
- Baby Got Back
- Ball And Chain
- Better
- Blue Sunny
- Blue Sunny Day
- Bozos Lament
- Brave
- Brookline
- Cave
- Christmas Is Interesting
- Creepy Doll
- Curl
- Dance Soterios Johnson Dance
- De
- Dont Talk To Strangers
- Flickr
- Fraud
- Furry Old Lobster
- Gamblers Prayer
- Good Morning Tucson
- I Feel Fantastic
- I Hate California
- I Will
- If The Earth Were A Sandwich
- Im Having A Party
- Im Your Moon
- Kenesaw Mountain Landis
- Love Aint No Billy Goat
- Madelaine
- Mandelbrot Set
- Millionaire Girlfriend
- Mr Fancy Pants
- My Beige Bear
- Nemesese
- Nobody Loves You Like Me
- Nobodys Above The Law
- Now I Am An Arsonist
- Octopus
- Ordinary Man
- Over There
- Overhead
- Pizza Day
- Podsafe Christmas Song
- Popsci Podcast On The Moon
- Previously On Braindead
- Re Your Brains
- Red Shirt
- Screwed
- Shop Vac
- So Far So Good
- Solid State
- Someone Is Crazy
- Space Doggity
- Square Things
- Sticking It To Myself
- Sucker Punch
- The Big Boom
- The Presidents
- The Presidents Song
- The Princess Who Saved Herself
- The Town Crotch
- The World Belongs To You
- There You Are
- Today With Your Wife
- Todd The T1000
- Under The Pines
- You Could Be Her
- You Wouldnt Know
- Your Tattoo
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Chords:
Dm 000231(or) 557765
Am(maj7) x02110
Fmaj7 133210
G6 320000
G6add11 320010
C Dm C
I guess because my name is Bozo
Dm C Dm C
I was destined to be a clown
Dm C
But when I joined the traveling circus
Dm Em
I didn't think that it would bring me down
F G E7 Am
Make me angry like a sniper in a tower
Am(maj7)
And every Saturday
Am7 D7 G G6
I take off my nose and say never more
Fmaj7 G6add11
Pie in my face
G6 Fmaj7
(Pie in my face)
G6add11
Five days a workweek
G6 Fmaj7
It's in my face
G6add11
Pie in my face
mute
It sucks to be a clown
C Dm C
C Dm C
I should have been a lion tamer
Dm C Dm C
Those guys get all the girls
Dm C
In a cage in satin tights
Dm Em
In a mane of golden curls
F G E7 Am
Everybody loves the guy who lives in danger
Am(maj7)
But in the center ring
Am7 D7 G G6
I'm safe from everything except for
Fmaj7 G6add11
Pie in my face
G6 Fmaj7
(Pie in my face)
G6add11
Five days a workweek
G6 Fmaj7
It's in my face
G6add11
Pie in my face
mute
It sucks to be a clown
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
G# Bb F G C
Dm C
The other night I dreamed of Arthur
Dm C Dm C
Ex-human-cannonball
Dm C
In the dream he asked the question
Dm Em
Do I fly or do I fall?
F G
What's the difference
E7 Am
Either way he's still a dead man
Am(maj7)
And he's finally free
Am7 D7 G G6
No longer has to be up on stage
Fmaj7 G6add11
Pie in my face
G6 Fmaj7
(Pie in my face)
G6add11
Five days a workweek
G6 Fmaj7
It's in my face
G6add11
Pie in my face
mute
It sucks to be a clown
C Dm Em
F C Dm Em
Yeah it sucks to be a clown
F C Dm Em
Should have never been a clown
F G# Bb C
Cause it sucks to be a clown
Chords:
Dm 000231(or) 557765
Am(maj7) x02110
Fmaj7 133210
G6 320000
G6add11 320010
C Dm C
I guess because my name is Bozo
Dm C Dm C
I was destined to be a clown
Dm C
But when I joined the traveling circus
Dm Em
I didn't think that it would bring me down
F G E7 Am
Make me angry like a sniper in a tower
Am(maj7)
And every Saturday
Am7 D7 G G6
I take off my nose and say never more
Fmaj7 G6add11
Pie in my face
G6 Fmaj7
(Pie in my face)
G6add11
Five days a workweek
G6 Fmaj7
It's in my face
G6add11
Pie in my face
mute
It sucks to be a clown
C Dm C
C Dm C
I should have been a lion tamer
Dm C Dm C
Those guys get all the girls
Dm C
In a cage in satin tights
Dm Em
In a mane of golden curls
F G E7 Am
Everybody loves the guy who lives in danger
Am(maj7)
But in the center ring
Am7 D7 G G6
I'm safe from everything except for
Fmaj7 G6add11
Pie in my face
G6 Fmaj7
(Pie in my face)
G6add11
Five days a workweek
G6 Fmaj7
It's in my face
G6add11
Pie in my face
mute
It sucks to be a clown
C Dm Em F
C Dm Em F
G# Bb F G C
Dm C
The other night I dreamed of Arthur
Dm C Dm C
Ex-human-cannonball
Dm C
In the dream he asked the question
Dm Em
Do I fly or do I fall?
F G
What's the difference
E7 Am
Either way he's still a dead man
Am(maj7)
And he's finally free
Am7 D7 G G6
No longer has to be up on stage
Fmaj7 G6add11
Pie in my face
G6 Fmaj7
(Pie in my face)
G6add11
Five days a workweek
G6 Fmaj7
It's in my face
G6add11
Pie in my face
mute
It sucks to be a clown
C Dm Em
F C Dm Em
Yeah it sucks to be a clown
F C Dm Em
Should have never been a clown
F G# Bb C
Cause it sucks to be a clown
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