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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
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025