Circus Leaving Town Cifras

(Written by Phillip Claypool)
    C                          F
Before you draw the final curtain
    G                       C
Before the big top crashes down
            C7           F
Before you pack away my trunk case
G                         C
I'd like to take a final bow
                             F
One last chance to hear the laughter
G                               C   C/B
And see your face there in the crowd
Am                      F
One last moment in the spotlight
G                          C
One last chance to be your clown
                C7
I guess you're tired of walking
  F         G
tightropes
G                           C
Of setting up and tearing down
            C7             Dm       G
You want a place to call forever
                             Am Am/G F
And rest your feet on solid ground
F
Somewhere you've lost that sense
 
of  wonder
 Fm                            C C/B Am
But that's still the place I'm bound
                          F
I'm a storm in search of thunder
G                          C
I'm just a circus leaving town
 
Once we could fill the room with
F
laughter
G                                  C
And fill each other's hearts with joy
            C7           F
Through each trial and disaster
G                      C
Still we cling to our choice
                   F
To take a path so unforgiving
  G                        C C/B Am
A road that waits for no one
                              F
You know we chose to keep on living
G                              C
Lord, tell me where did we go wrong
 
I guess you're tired of walking
  F          G
tightropes
 G                          C
Of setting up and tearing down
            C7              Dm
You want a place to call forever
G                             Am Am/G F
And rest your feet on solid ground
F
Don't try to break this spell I'm under
Fm
And stop these wheels from
 C              C/B Am
spinning  around
                           F
I'm a storm in search of thunder
G                               C
Yes, I'm just a circus leaving town
                C7             F
Some day you'll wake up and wonder
Fm                            C C/B Am
And your heart will start to pound
                          F    G
And you'll long for the fonder
                      Am F Fm C
And the kisses of a clown...
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