When The Circus Came To Town chords by Eden Prairie

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: C majorC

🎸 Intro:

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🎸 Verse 1:
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When the circus came to town, all the kids went giddy with glee
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But the parents had their doubts, and they wanted the circus to leave
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They said that the ringmaster looked like a pederast bum
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And the acrobats they were heard talking in a foreign tongue

🎸 Verse 2:
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When the circus came to town no one was more thrilled than Anne
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As wild as they come, she was the best friend that I ever had
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The tickets were expensive, and her mom wouldn't lend her a cent
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But Anne found a tear in the tarp, and we snuck inside the tent

🎸 Chorus:
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And the ringmaster waltzed with his blind three-legged greyhound
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While the acrobats up in the air spun around and around
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They all came out to take their final bow
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Me and Anne we blessed the day that the circus came to town

🎸 Verse 3:
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In the morning the circus was gone and so was Anne
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Her mother went a little bit crazy she couldn't understand
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In a week or so I got a letter, and it was from Anne
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And I read these words out loud to make sure I understand

🎸 Chorus:
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"I'm gonna miss you, you'll always be my best friend
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It pains me to think I won't see you maybe ever again
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But I know that you know all my reasons, so I won't write them down
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Just please think of me every time the circus comes to town"

🎸 Verse 4:
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A augmentedA year passed by, and her parents never spoke her name
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When the circus returned, they went looking for her in vain
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Sitting in the tent they caught the ringmaster's eye
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He invited them back to his trailer for some late-night tea and pie

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And they talked all night, they talked 'til the morning come
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While the acrobats they sang a sad foreign song
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Everyone in camp heard Anne's mother wailing out loud
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Accompanied by that old blind three-legged greyhound

🎸 Verse 5:
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Another year passed and still they don't speak her name
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But looking at her parents you can see that something has changed
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In the evenings they sit in the park and watch the sun go down
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Maybe dreaming about the day that the circus comes back to town