Biography:
The Beat, known in the United States as The English Beat (and the British Beat in Australia and New Zealand) in order to avoid confusion with Paul Collins' band of the same name, was a popular Two Tone ska and pop music group. Formed in the English city of Birmingham in 1978, The Beat disbanded in 1983, but has reformed in the early 2000s with some of the original line-up.
One of the more popular and enduring groups of a short-lived trend, The Beat released three albums: "I Just Can't Stop It" (1980)
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TEARS OF A CLOWN English Beat
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Transcribed by kupfer email [email protected]
[Intro]
e|------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|----------5---5-7-|-8-7-5----------|---------5---5-7-|-8-7-5---------|
G|------6-----------|-------7-6----4-|-----6-----------|-------7-6-----|
D|--7---------------|----------------|-7---------------|---------------|
A|------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
[Verse 1]
A D G
Now if there's a smile on my face,
D A D G
it's only there trying to fool the public
D A D G
But when it comes down to fooling you,
D A D G
Well now honey, that's quite a different subject
D A D G D A D G
So don't let my glad expression give you the wrong impression
D A D G D A D
cause really I'm sad, oh I'm sadder than sad
G D A D
Look I'm hurt and I want you so bad
G D A D G D
Like a clown I appear to be glad
[Chorus]
E C#/E#
Now there's some sad things known to man
F#m D (play intro riff)
But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown
When there's no one around
[Verse 2]
Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
In order to shield my pride I try
to cover this hurt with a show of gladness
So don't let my show convince you that I've been happy since you
decided to go, oh I need you so
cause I'm hurt and I want you to know, just for others I put on a show
[Verse 3]
Just like Pagliacci did, I'm gonna keep my sadness hid
Smiling in the public eye, but in this lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
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Transcribed by kupfer email [email protected]
[Intro]
e|------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
B|----------5---5-7-|-8-7-5----------|---------5---5-7-|-8-7-5---------|
G|------6-----------|-------7-6----4-|-----6-----------|-------7-6-----|
D|--7---------------|----------------|-7---------------|---------------|
A|------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E|------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
[Verse 1]
A D G
Now if there's a smile on my face,
D A D G
it's only there trying to fool the public
D A D G
But when it comes down to fooling you,
D A D G
Well now honey, that's quite a different subject
D A D G D A D G
So don't let my glad expression give you the wrong impression
D A D G D A D
cause really I'm sad, oh I'm sadder than sad
G D A D
Look I'm hurt and I want you so bad
G D A D G D
Like a clown I appear to be glad
[Chorus]
E C#/E#
Now there's some sad things known to man
F#m D (play intro riff)
But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown
When there's no one around
[Verse 2]
Now if I appear to be carefree
It's only to camouflage my sadness
In order to shield my pride I try
to cover this hurt with a show of gladness
So don't let my show convince you that I've been happy since you
decided to go, oh I need you so
cause I'm hurt and I want you to know, just for others I put on a show
[Verse 3]
Just like Pagliacci did, I'm gonna keep my sadness hid
Smiling in the public eye, but in this lonely room I cry
The tears of a clown
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