Buckled Knees chords by Will Knox

[intro]
F D F D E

[Verse 1]

        Am         C
With a venom in my veins
        D          F
And no money to my name
          Am            C                D         E
I'm on my way to join a circus that they call Hell-A
        F                 C
To be a star of stage and screen
          D              Am
I sold my soul for magic beans
           F            C
Now I'm as empty as the pockets
      D          E
Of my skin tight jeans.

[Chorus]


       F
But my hunger makes me bend my back
       D
Like a licorice cane acrobat
          F
There's a constellation with my name
       D
In the Hollywood boulevard of fame
       F
In Los Angeles they understand
        D                  E      Am
I'm the Buckled Knees of a broken man.


[Verse 2]


          Am        C
So to the devil I adhered
            D            F
And with my soul he disappeared
      Am            C
But I never will forget the words
   D               E
He whispered in my ear
         F                  C
He said "Fame is a ball and chain
            D             Am
That you'll carry to your grave
              F            C
A soul shaped hole in your heart
          D              E
Is like a bullet to your brain".


[Chorus]


       F
But my hunger makes me bend my back
       D
Like a licorice cane acrobat
          F
There's a constellation with my name
       D
In the Hollywood boulevard of fame
       F
In Los Angeles they understand
        D                  E      Am
I'm the Buckled Knees of a broken man.


[Verse 3]


       Am                  C
Well I thought my life was made
            D         F
A Hollywood superstar cliche
        Am            C
But I'm just a hollow trophy
       D         E
With a thin gold plate
            F                C
And all the starlight that I sought
           D              Am
Was just a spinning disco ball
           F                C
Now I'm as fractured as the light
       D              E
Of its mirrors on the wall.


[Chorus]


       F
But my hunger makes me bend my back
       D
Like a licorice cane acrobat
          F
There's a constellation with my name
       D
In the Hollywood boulevard of fame
       F
In Los Angeles they understand
        D                  E      Am