The Clown chords by Roy Orbison

Chords with lyrics

The Clown:Roy Orbison.
Recorded on SUN Records in
1956. (Written by Roy Orbison,
also appears on Album - Roy Orbison
Rocker - in 1999.)

INTRO: C majorC

#1.
G+G    C majorC      E MajorE
I was a clown when I thought I had found,
 FF        G+G        C majorC
a love for me, and only me..but she laughed
    G+G         FF        G+G
at the clown..turned him down, turned him down.

#2.
    C majorC       E MajorE
I never frown, ha, ha, ha, I'm the clown.
     FF         G+G
Though it breaks my heart, I play the part of a
C majorC       G+G       FF       G+G
clown..running round, trouble bound, I'm the clown.

BRIDGE:
G+G               C majorC
I wander all around, wondering if you ever cared.
 D MajorD    C majorC    D MajorD         C majorC    D MajorD
I go from place to place, I look from face to face,
            G+G  D MajorD
hoping that you will be there.

#3.
       C majorC         E MajorE
All over the town, the word is out, it's all around..
    FF            G+G
that I love her still, guess I always will, I'm
  C majorC       G+G       FF       G+G  C majorC
the clown..running round, trouble bound, I'm the clown.


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