Intro: Bm Ab A Gb
Verse:
Bm
sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
Gb
turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
A
nobody's romancing 'cause its too early for dancin
Ab
but here comes the music
Dbm
bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of so
Gb
many people, so many problems, so many reasons
A
to buy another round, drink it down
Ab
just another night on the town
Dbm
with the big man, money man, better than the other man
Gb
he got the plan with the million dollar give a damn
A
when nobody understands he'll become a smaller man
Ab
the bright lights keep flashing, the women keep on dancing
Chorus:
Dbm Ab
with the clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah...
A Gb
they pick me up when I'm down yeah-yeah
Dbm Ab
the rodeo clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah
A Gb
they pick me up when I'm down
Dbm
the disco ball spinning, all the music and the women
Gb
the shots of tequila, man they'll say that they need ya,
A
but what they really need
Ab
is just a little room to breathe
Dbm
teeny bopping disco queen, she barely understands
Gb
her dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things
A
symbolic of change but the thing that is strange
Ab
is that the changes occurred...
and now she's just a part of the
Dbm Ab
herd....yeah, yeah, yeah, man I thought
A Gb
that you heard...yeah, yeah
Dbm Ab
the changes occurred, yeah, yeah, yeah, -yeah-
A Gb
just a part of the herd
Dbm
lights out, shut down, late night, wet ground
Gb
you walk by look at him, but he cant look at you, yeah
A
you might feel pity but he only feels the ground
Ab
you understand moods but he only knows let down
Dbm
by the corner there's another one
Gb
reaching out a hand, coming from a broken man, yeah
A
you try to live but he's done trying
Ab Dbm Ab
not dead, but definitely dying
Chorus:
A Gb
with the rest of the clowns.....yeah, yeah
Dbm Ab A Gb
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmmm...Mmmmm with the rest of the clowns....
Solo: Dbm Gb A Ab
Bm
sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
Gb
turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
A
nobody's romancing 'cause its too early for dancing
Ab
but here comes the music