Circus Girl chords by Gretchen Peters

• Capo on 5th

CAPO: 5th fret (Sounds in key of C)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Cadd2 = x32033
G     = 320033
Dsus4 = xx0233
Am7   = x02010

Intro:
   Cadd2  G           G      Cadd2      Cadd2  G          Dsus4   G
||  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  ||   X2

Verse 1:
Cadd2       G                       Cadd2
I work the high wire in the center ring
Cadd2    G        Dsus4     G
Defying gravity, that's my thing
Cadd2          G                 Cadd2
Guess I never wanted no regular life
Cadd2       G           Dsus4    G
I coouldn't stand to be nobody's wife

Verse 2:
Cadd2       G                             Cadd2
Some people tell me that I'm livin' their dream
Cadd2             G            Dsus4     G
But things in the circus ain't what they seem
Cadd2       G                    Cadd2
Believe me darlin' it's a lonely world
Cadd2    G         Dsus4   G
It ain't easy for a circus girl

Instrumental:
  Cadd2  G           G      Cadd2      Cadd2  G          Dsus4   G
||  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  ||

Verse 3:
Cadd2  G                          Cadd2
Nobody knows you when you come to town
Cadd2             G              Dsus4      G
You're somebody's hero or you're somebody's clown
G       Cadd2     G                  Cadd2
And you hope like hell that it'll be enough
Cadd2                 G             Dsus4     G
Cause you're nobody's baby when the sun comes up

Bridge:
G       Cadd2           G
You can dazzle 'em with beauty
G        Cadd2            G
Make 'em laugh until they cry
G       Cadd2                    G
You can give 'em the thrill of a lifetime
G        Am7        Cadd2       Dsus4
But they always say good-bye

Verse 4:
Cadd2     G                       Cadd2
It's just that sometimes I get so tired
Cadd2     G              Dsus4   G
Of going' nowhere on that little wire
Cadd2       G                      Cadd2
I'd like to plant my feet on solid ground
Cadd2        G            Dsus4    G
But God have mercy it's a long way down

Instrumental:
  Cadd2  G           G      Cadd2      Cadd2  G          Dsus4   G
||  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  ||   X2

Verse 5:
G   Cadd2       G                         Cadd2
So I climb that ladder right on up to the sky
Cadd2        G          Dsus4     G
I don't look down and I don't ask why
Cadd2          G                        Am7
And just for a moment I'm on top of the world
Cadd2      G            Dsus4  G
Just for a moment I'm a circus girl

Outro:
   Cadd2  G           G      Cadd2      Cadd2  G          Dsus4   G
||  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  ||   X2