Greatest Show On Earth chords by The Felice Brothers

Capo 3

Verse 1

Am
I'm in the lobby of the motel eight
Dm
Waitin on my lovely date
Fmaj7
Her name is Doris Day
Am
I'm in a suit of burgundy
Dm
There's a deer head looking at me
Fmaj7
It's blowing my mind away

Verse 2

C        Fmaj7                 C
Everyone knows shes the killin kind
             Fmaj7                 G
She keeps a 38 smith&western at her side
        C            Fmaj7
I put a pistol in my pants
          C            Fmaj7
Cos we're going out to dance
Am                                G
Where the water drinks like chery wine

Verse 3

Am
Tell me mama so it seams
Dm
Your son's in a bad marine
      Fmaj7               G
There shipping him out tonight
Am
Tell me mama where's your other son
Dm
In jail with the other one
Fmaj7                        G
You mustn't have raised them right

Verse 4

C            Fmaj7            C
I heard your low life husband Charles
Fmaj7
Got me wonderin what the scene was
    G
all about
            C           Fmaj7
He said I'm breaking my parole goin
g down to jeracole
            Am                    G
Get me that money or I'ma beat it out

Chorus

C   Fmaj7       C
Ooh happy days
Fmaj7
It's a perfect summer night and the
                   G
moonlights shining clear
      C              Fmaj7
Put a pistol in your purse
          C              Fmaj7
Cos we're going to Gettysburg
     Am
To the stands of the greatest show
   G
on earth

Verse 5

Am
Is that your daughter mr Kissinger
Dm
Better keep an eye on her
Fmaj7                        G
She's been looking me up and down
Am
Is that your woman in the coat of fur
Dm
Better keep an eye on her
Fmaj7                   G
It's a ravenous part of town

Verse 6

C            Fmaj7       C
I know about you and the deputy
             Fmaj7
And how they found him
                   G
Shot dead in a mercandi
     C                Fmaj7
Some say your paid to kill
          C                Fmaj7
like that mean old buffalo bill
         Am
Watch it buddy don't draw no gun on
 G
 me



Play the chorus once more to end.