Sideshow chords by Alice Cooper

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🤘 Intro:

E E/G# E
E E/G# E

D A/C# B

E B/D# A E
A E/G# F#m B
E B/D# A E
A E/G# F#m B

E E/G# E

🤘 Verse:

E
I ain't got no fun today
                             D
It's just like yesterday, oh yeah
                         E
Only different shades of grey

I'm bored right out of my skull
                                D
I'd have to get high just to be dull
              E
I'm institutional
A     Bm            D
My TV screen spins around and around
     B
And around and around


🤘 Chorus:

         E          B/D#   C#m B   A
I need a sideshow I need a sideshow
            E             B/D#  C#m  B       A
Some kinda creepshow some kinda creepshow oh yeah
D                   A/C#
They ran the circus out of town
        B
But the ring master said "Boy, you can
       E   E/G#  E
stick around"


🤘 Verse 2:

E
I pay to see the freaks
                                   D
Some finger lickin' chicken-eating geek
                         E
Hey, that sounds cool to me

I just want to step inside
                        D
I want a scary ride, oh yeah
                    E
See Jeckyll turn to Hyde
A         Bm            D
I feel my head spinnin' round and around
     B
And around and around


🤘 Chorus 2:

         E          B/D#   C#m B       A
I need a sideshow I need a sideshow oh yeah
            E             B/D#  C#m  B       A
Some kinda creepshow some kinda creepshow oh yeah
  E                B/D#     C#m      B      A
A creepshow I just want someplace to go, oh yeah
D                 A/C#
I tried to be the circus clown
    B                             E B/D# A E
But even my monkey wouldn't hang around


🤘 Bridge:

        G#m                      C#m
And the hunchback midget and his twisted friends
A                   Bbdim                 B
Offer me a world of thrills that never end


🤘 Solo:

E D E
A Bm D B


🤘 Chorus 3:

E                       A
I I need a sideshow, oh yeah
E                         A
Some kind of freaky show, oh yeah
E        B/D#           C#m  B       A
Sideshow down where the neon glows
           E       B/D# C#m B A
Just like a psychedelic video
     E  B/D# C#m    B     A
Or a 24 hour party, go go go
      E B/D# C#m B  A
Not a 9 0    21  0, no
         E     B/D#   C#m B      A
I need a sideshowshow sideshow yeah
          E    B/D#    C#m  B    A
I'm runnin' my private sideshow yeah


🤘 Outro:

E B A
E B A
E B A
E B A
B