Greatest Show On Earth chords by Radney Foster

Chords with lyrics

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

Here we go:

Intro:

C majorC   A minorAm   C majorC   A minorAm

Verse 1:

C majorC
Pot luck supper and barbecue
 A minorAm
A augmentedA cooler full of beer one for sodas too
  FF
Us kids chasing fireflies with no shoes
G+G
Saturday sundown
C majorC
Momma hollerin' y'all wash up
A minorAm
Clean that plate with your cornbread crust
FF
Don't drink from daddy's dixie cup
    G+G
Oh the guitars are comin' out

Chorus:

FF
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned

Rocked and rolled to a country song
   C majorC
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
   E minorEm
And a hand-me-down mandolin
FF
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong

We laughed and cried, sang along
C majorC
Family friends harmony
  E minorEm
And goosebumps on my skin
FF        G+G    C majorC     C/BC/B     A minorAm
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
      FF       G+G        C majorC  C/BC/B   A minorAm
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth

Verse 2:

C majorC
Some sang low some high and lonesome
 A minorAm
Will that circle be unbroken
FF
Grab a part if you know one
  G+G
Or clap along instead
C majorC
Son if you want to touch a guitar, ask
    A minorAm
Sister sleepin' in Aunt Kate's lap
  FF
I'd shake it like Elvis just to make 'em laugh
G+G
Before I went to bed

Chorus:

FF
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned

Rocked and rolled to a country song
   C majorC
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
   E minorEm
And a hand-me-down mandolin
FF
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong

We laughed and cried, sang along
C majorC
Family friends harmony
  E minorEm
And goosebumps on my skin
FF        G+G    C majorC     C/BC/B     A minorAm
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
      FF       G+G        C majorC  C/BC/B   A minorAm
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth

Bridge:

FF
Take a little break
G+G
Talk a little fishin'
 C majorC            A minorAm
Let the crickets sing the intermission
FF
I'd drift off to dreamland
FF     G+G
And they'd fire it up again

Chorus:

FF
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned

Rocked and rolled to a country song
   C majorC
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
   E minorEm
And a hand-me-down mandolin
FF
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong

We laughed and cried, sang along
C majorC
Family friends harmony
  E minorEm
And goosebumps on my skin
FF        G+G    C majorC     C/BC/B     A minorAm
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
      FF       G+G        C majorC  C/BC/B   A minorAm
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
      FF       G+G        C majorC  C/BC/B   A minorAm
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
      FF       G+G        C majorC
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth