This is an easy version,without a capo, which is easier.The Verse's are [Dm,G,A#,A] and
repeat that pattern On all Chorus's play [Dm,A,A#,G] .Listen to the song for timing.
KEY: 1,2,3,etc.=Verse number
C:= Chorus
[Dm]
1. Sweeping the floors,open up the doors, yeah
[G]
Turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
[A#]
Nobody's romancin'cos' it's too early for dancin'
[A]
But Here come's the music
2.Bright lights flashin' to cover up your lack of so,
Many people,so many problems,so many reasons
To buy another round, drink it down
Just another night on the town
3.With the big man, money man, better than the other man
He got the plan with the million dollar give a damn
When nobody understands he'll become a smaller man
The bright lights keep flashing, the women keep on dancing
Chorus:
[Dm] [A]
With the clowns,Yeah,Yeah, Yeah...
[A#] [G]
They pick me up when I'm down Yeah-Yeah
[Dm] [A]
The Rodeo Clowns, Yeah, Yeah,Yeah
[A#] [G]
They pick me up when I'm Down
4.The Disco Ball spinnin',all the music and the women
The shots of tequila, man they'll say that they need ya
But what they really need
Is just a little room to breathe
5.Teeny bopping disco queen, she barely understands
Her dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things
Symbolic of change but the thing that is strange
Is That the changes occured...
And now she's just part of the
C:Herd....Yeah,Yeah,Yeah, amn I thought
That you heard...Yeah,Yeah
The Changes occured,Yeah,Yeah,Yeah(Yeah)
Just a part of a herd
6.Lights out, Shut down, Late Night, wet ground
You walk by look at him, but he can't look at you,Yeah
You might feel pity but he only feel's the ground
You Understand moods, But he only knows let down
By the Corner there's another one
Reaching out a hand, coming from a broken man,Yeah
You try to live but he's done trying
Not Dead, But Definitely Dying
C:With the rest of the clowns.....Yeah,Yeah
Mmm,Mmm,Mmm,Mmmm...Mmmmm With the rest of the clowns
SOLO:[Dm,G,A#,A] and A Bongo In It.
Repeat Verse 1.