Circus Girl chords by Gretchen Peters

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

CAPO: 5th fret (Sounds in key of C majorC)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Cadd2Cadd2 = x32033
G+G   = 320033
Dsus4Dsus4 = xx0233
Am7Am7  = x02010

Intro:
  Cadd2Cadd2 G+G      G+G   Cadd2Cadd2   Cadd2Cadd2 G+G     Dsus4Dsus4  G+G
|| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / ||  X2

Verse 1:
Cadd2Cadd2    G+G            Cadd2Cadd2
I work the high wire in the center ring
Cadd2Cadd2  G+G    Dsus4Dsus4   G+G
Defying gravity, that's my thing
Cadd2Cadd2     G+G         Cadd2Cadd2
Guess I never wanted no regular life
Cadd2Cadd2    G+G      Dsus4Dsus4  G+G
I coouldn't stand to be nobody's wife

Verse 2:
Cadd2Cadd2    G+G               Cadd2Cadd2
Some people tell me that I'm livin' their dream
Cadd2Cadd2       G+G      Dsus4Dsus4   G+G
But things in the circus ain't what they seem
Cadd2Cadd2    G+G          Cadd2Cadd2
Believe me darlin' it's a lonely world
Cadd2Cadd2  G+G     Dsus4Dsus4  G+G
It ain't easy for a circus girl

Instrumental:
 Cadd2Cadd2 G+G      G+G   Cadd2Cadd2   Cadd2Cadd2 G+G     Dsus4Dsus4  G+G
|| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / ||

Verse 3:
Cadd2Cadd2 G+G             Cadd2Cadd2
Nobody knows you when you come to town
Cadd2Cadd2       G+G       Dsus4Dsus4   G+G
You're somebody's hero or you're somebody's clown
G+G    Cadd2Cadd2   G+G         Cadd2Cadd2
And you hope like hell that it'll be enough
Cadd2Cadd2         G+G       Dsus4Dsus4   G+G
Cause you're nobody's baby when the sun comes up

Bridge:
G+G    Cadd2Cadd2      G+G
You can dazzle 'em with beauty
G+G    Cadd2Cadd2      G+G
Make 'em laugh until they cry
G+G    Cadd2Cadd2          G+G
You can give 'em the thrill of a lifetime
G+G    Am7Am7    Cadd2Cadd2    Dsus4Dsus4
But they always say good-bye

Verse 4:
Cadd2Cadd2   G+G            Cadd2Cadd2
It's just that sometimes I get so tired
Cadd2Cadd2   G+G       Dsus4Dsus4  G+G
Of going' nowhere on that little wire
Cadd2Cadd2    G+G           Cadd2Cadd2
I'd like to plant my feet on solid ground
Cadd2Cadd2    G+G      Dsus4Dsus4  G+G
But God have mercy it's a long way down

Instrumental:
 Cadd2Cadd2 G+G      G+G   Cadd2Cadd2   Cadd2Cadd2 G+G     Dsus4Dsus4  G+G
|| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / ||  X2

Verse 5:
G+G  Cadd2Cadd2    G+G             Cadd2Cadd2
So I climb that ladder right on up to the sky
Cadd2Cadd2    G+G     Dsus4Dsus4   G+G
I don't look down and I don't ask why
Cadd2Cadd2     G+G            Am7Am7
And just for a moment I'm on top of the world
Cadd2Cadd2   G+G      Dsus4Dsus4 G+G
Just for a moment I'm a circus girl

Outro:
  Cadd2Cadd2 G+G      G+G   Cadd2Cadd2   Cadd2Cadd2 G+G     Dsus4Dsus4  G+G
|| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / ||  X2