Oh What A Circus chords by David Essex

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
N.C
Salve regina, mater misericordiae
vita dulcedo et spes nostra
salve, salve, regina!
     B minorBm         E MajorE
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
          A augmentedA     E MajorE
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
       A augmentedA
o clemens, o pia.

Verse 1:
D MajorD                G+G
 Oh, what a circus, oh what a show,
            A augmentedA
Argentina has gone to town,
                   D MajorD
over the death of an actress called Eva Peron.
        B minorBm               E MajorE
We’ve all gone crazy, mourning all day and mourning all night
                A augmentedA  E MajorE        A augmentedA
falling over ourselves to get all   of the misery right.

Verse 2:
D MajorD                 G+G
 Oh, what an exit, that’s how to go!
                  A augmentedA
When they’re ringing your curtain down
             D MajorD
demand to be buried like Eva Peron.
       B minorBm                   E MajorE
It’s quite a sunset, and good for the country in a roundabout way
               A augmentedA  E MajorE            A augmentedA
we’ve made the front pages of all   the world’s papers today.

   D MajorD
But who is this Santa Evita?
       G+G     D MajorD    G+G D MajorD
Why all this howling hysterical sorrow?
       A augmentedA         B minorBm
What kind of goddess has lived among us?
      D MajorD        G+G
How will we ever get by without her?

Chorus:
 D MajorD             G+G
Salve regina, mater misericordiae,
           D MajorD
vita dulcedo et spes nostra, salve, salve, regina!
     B minorBm         E MajorE
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
          A augmentedA     E MajorE
ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
       A augmentedA
o clemens, o pia.

Verse 3:
D MajorD                   G+G
 She had her moments, she had some style
                A augmentedA
the best show in town was the crowd
                D MajorD
outside the Casa Rosada crying "Eva Peron"
        B minorBm                    E MajorE
But that's all gone now, as soon as the smoke from the funeral clears
             A augmentedA  E MajorE            A augmentedA
we’re all gonna see and how   she did nothing for years.

   D MajorD
You let down your people, Evita,
       G+G       D MajorD   G+G D MajorD
you were supposed to have been immortal
         A augmentedA         B minorBm
that's all they wanted, not much to ask for
      D MajorD          G+G
but in the end you could not deliver.

Chorus:
 D MajorD             G+G
Salve regina, mater misericordiae,
           D MajorD
vita dulcedo et spes nostra, salve, salve, regina!
     B minorBm         E MajorE
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
          A augmentedA     E MajorE
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
       A augmentedA
o clemens, o pia.

Outro:
 D MajorD             G+G
Salve regina, mater misericordiae,
           D MajorD
vita dulcedo et spes nostra,
salve, salve, regina!
     B minorBm         E MajorE
Ad te clamamus exules filii Eva
          A augmentedA     E MajorE
Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes
       A augmentedA
o clemens, o pia.