Rodeo Clowns chords by Jack Johnson

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

e|---4--5--7--5--4h5p4--4----5--4--------4---4--2--------4--2--0---|
BB|----------------------5----------5--0--5---5-----2---------------|
G+G|----------------------6----------------6---6--------2------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------4----4-4-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-x-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-------------|
BB|---4h5--5----5-5-x-5-5-5-x-x-x-x-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-------------|
G+G|--------4----6-6-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-x-x-x-------------|
D MajorD|-------------6-6-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-x-------------|
A augmentedA|-------------4-4-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-x-------------|
E MajorE|-------------4-4-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-x-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-------------|

Chorus:
C#m7C#m7
Sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
F#7F#7
Turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
A7A7
Nobody's romancing 'cause it's too early for dancing
G#7G#7
But here comes the music


Verse:
C# minorC#m
Bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of
  F#F#
So many people, so many problems, so many reasons
        A augmentedA
To buy another round, drink it down
        G#G#
Just another night on the town

C# minorC#m
With the big man, money man, better than the other man
F#F#
He got the plan with the million dollar give a damn
A augmentedA
When nobody understands, he'll become a smaller man
G#G#
The bright lights keep flashing, the women keep on dancing

C# minorC#m       G#G#
With the clowns  Yeah, yeah, yeah
            A augmentedA    F#F#
They pick me up when I'm down  Yeah, yeah
C# minorC#m       G#G#
The Rodeo Clowns  Yeah, yeah, yeah
            A augmentedA    F#F#
They pick me up when I'm down


C# minorC#m
The disco ball spinning, all the music and the women and
F#F#
The shots of Tequila, man they'll say that they need ya
A augmentedA                   G#G#
But what they really need, is just a little room to breath

C# minorC#m
Teeny bopping disco queen, she barely understands
  F#F#
Her dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things
A augmentedA                   G#G#
Symbolic of change but the thing that is strange
      G#G#
Is that the changes occurred, and now she's just a part of

  C# minorC#m      G#G#
the herd  Yeah, yeah, yeah
            A augmentedA       F#F#
Man I thought that you heard  Yeah, yeah
   C# minorC#m          G#G#
The changes occurred  Yeah, yeah, yeah
   A#A#          F#F#
Just a part of the herd


C# minorC#m
Lights out, shut down, late night, wet ground
F#F#
You walk by look at him but he can't look at you, yeah
A augmentedA
You might feel pity but he only feels the ground
G#G#
You understand moods, but he only knows let down

C# minorC#m
By the corner there's another one
F#F#
Reaching out a hand, coming from a broken man, well
A augmentedA
You try to live but he's done trying
G#G#
Not dead but definitely dying

           A augmentedA      F#F#
With the rest of the clowns  Yeah, yeah
C# minorC#m       G#G#
Mm, mm, mm, mmm, mm, mmm, mm
           A augmentedA      F#F#
With the rest of the clowns


Chorus:
C#m7C#m7
Sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
F#7F#7
Turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
A7A7
Nobody's romancing 'cause it's too early for dancing
G#7G#7                C# minorC#m
But here comes the music

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