Ringling Road chords by William Clark Green

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Ringling Road
William Clark Green

Riff:
e---2----0--------------------|
B--------------3-----0--------|
G-----------------------------|
D-----------------------------|
A-----------------------------|
E-----------------------------|

F#m

Verse 1:
Bm          A     Bm  A
Train rolls in at ten am
         Bm           A                G             F#
Kill the lamb for the lions, find some water for the elephants
Bm            A            Bm              A
Monkey on my shoulder, got a monkey on his back
        F#
Could I bum a cigarette, He done smoked my last pack
Em                   F#m
Put up the big top, throw down some sawdust
G                               A
We don't open till tomorrow ,so step right up

Chorus:
       Bm  A        G       A
We got beer for the bearded lady
         Bm     D              Em G
And the Siamese twins are into opium
     Bm     A            G       A
The trapeze guys are all high on cocaine
 G                                        A
That they buy from a guy that used to drive the train
       G
We got water for the elephants
A                            G
Everybody knows the greatest party on earth
       F#                      Bm
Is the circus down on Ringling Road

Verse 2:
           Bm    A             Bm             A
Well, the tattoo man is making out with snake lady
        Bm           A           G                  F#
Just to piss off the human cannonball that she been dating
Bm            A               Bm         A
The clown got wasted and he's throwing a shoe
F#                                   Bm
At a bear on a bike with a bottle of booze
Em                  F#m
Tightrope walker is too damn high
G                       A
Welcome to a freakshow Friday night

Chorus:
       Bm A         G       A
We got beer for the bearded lady
        Bm      D              Em G
And the Siamese twins are into opium
    Bm      A              G     A
The trapeze guys are all high on cocaine
G                                          A
That they buy from a guy that used to drive the train
       G
We got water for the elephants
A                            G
Everybody knows the greatest party on earth
       F#                      G     F#
Is the circus down on Ringling Rooooooooad

          Bm D G F#
Ringling Road
                 G     F#
Down on Ringling Rooooooooad

       Bm A         G       A
We got beer for the bearded lady
        Bm      D              Em G
And the Siamese twins are into opium
    Bm      A            G     A
The trapeze guys are all high on cocaine
G                                         A
That they buy from a guy that used to drive the train
       Bm A         G       A
We got beer for the bearded lady
        Bm      D              Em G
And the Siamese twins are into opium
    Bm      A            G     A
The trapeze guys are all high on cocaine
G                                         A
That they bought from a guy that used to drive the train
       G
We got water for the elephants
A                            G
Everybody knows the greatest party on earth
       F#                        Bm
Is the circus down on Ringling Road


Instrumental:
Bm    D    G    F#       Bm   D    G     F#


Outro:
Bm    D
Da Da Dadadada
G     F#m
Da Da Dadadada

Bm    D
Da Da Dadadada
G     F#m
Da Da Dadadada

Group
Bm    D
Da Da Dadadada
G     F#m
Da Da Dadadada

Repeat 11x

End:
Bm