Rodeo Clowns chords by Jack Johnson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:

e|---4--5--7--5--4h5p4--4----5--4--------4---4--2--------4--2--0---|
B|----------------------5----------5--0--5---5-----2---------------|
G|----------------------6----------------6---6--------2------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------4----4-4-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-x-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-------------|
B|---4h5--5----5-5-x-5-5-5-x-x-x-x-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-------------|
G|--------4----6-6-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-3-3-x-3-3-3-x-x-x-x-------------|
D|-------------6-6-x-6-6-6-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-x-------------|
A|-------------4-4-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-x-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-x-------------|
E|-------------4-4-x-4-4-4-x-x-x-x-2-2-x-2-2-2-x-x-x-x-------------|

Chorus:
C#m7
Sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
F#7
Turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
A7
Nobody's romancing 'cause it's too early for dancing
G#7
But here comes the music


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

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


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


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

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

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


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

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

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


Chorus:
C#m7
Sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
F#7
Turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
A7
Nobody's romancing 'cause it's too early for dancing
G#7                               C#m
But here comes the music