Medicine Show chords by David Ford

Chords with lyrics

[Intro] (x2)
E MajorE  BB  C# minorC#m   BB  G#G#  A augmentedA

[Verse 1]
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It was the first day of summer and the word came down
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And then the crowd started gathering on the edge of the town
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To hear the band start kicking on the count of four
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And then the stranger with a promise of a miracle cure
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He stood slender like a switch, cane, jet-black hair
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And stared deep into the frailty of everyone there
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Until a smile came wide across his face and so
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Began the smoke and the mirrors of the medicine show.

[Instrumental] (x2)
E MajorE  BB  C# minorC#m   BB  G#G#  A augmentedA

[Verse 2]
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He pulled a bottle from his pocket, said "I bring you good news
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"I got an end to all your worries and your hurt and them blues
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So if your hair started thinning and your joints get bad
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Yeah it'll take away the pain you never knew that you had.
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Yeah it'll make you good-looking it'll make you feel thin
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And cures every one of the seven of the deadliest sins"
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And then the money started flying and the crowd below
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It was the smoke and the mirrors of the medicine show

[Chorus]
      E MajorE              BB    C# minorC#m
It was the smoke and the mirrors of the medicine show
      BB              G#G#    A augmentedA
It was the smoke and the mirrors of the medicine show

[Verse 3]
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Well it takes a little businessman it ain't no crime
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To fool enough of the people for enough of their time
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And it's your own damn problem if you're paying out for
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A majorA little back-ditch water and little else more
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And when the money's being counted and the stage comes down
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We're out looking for the suckers of another dumb town
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And sing a prayer for every innocent who can't say no
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To the smoke and the mirrors of the medicine show

[Chorus]
      E MajorE              BB    C# minorC#m
It was the smoke and the mirrors of the medicine show
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I said "hey, good-looking, now come on, let's go"
      E MajorE              BB    C# minorC#m
It was the smoke and the mirrors of the medicine show

[Outro]