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Rodeo Clowns

Jack Johnson
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Chords: , ,  (355433),
 (2 = alternate, no pinky fret - i.e. G2 = 353433)
sweeping  the floors, open up the doors, yeah
turn  on the lights, getting ready for tonight
nobodys  romancing 'cause its too early for dancin
but  here comes the music
bright  lights flashing to cover up your lack of so
many  people, so many problems, so many reasons
 to buy another round,  drink it down
 just another night  on the town
with  the big man, money man, better than the other man
he  got the plan with the million dollar give a damn
when  nobody understands he'll become a smaller man
the  bright lights keep flashing, the women keep on dancing
with  the clowns,  yeah, yeah, yeah...
 they pick me up when I'm down  yeah-yeah
the  rodeo clowns,  yeah, yeah, yeah
 they pick me up when I'm down
the  disco ball spinning, all the music and the women
the  shots of tequila, man they'll say that they need ya,
but  what they really need
is  just a little room to breathe
teeny  bopping disco queen, she barely understands
her  dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things
symbolic  of change but the thing that is strange
is  that the changes occurred...
 and now she's just a part of the
herd....yeah,  yeah, yeah, man I thought
that  you heard...yeah,  yeah
 the changes occurred,  yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah)
 just a part of the herd
lights  out, shut down,  late night, wet ground
you  walk by look at him, but he cant look at you, yeah
you  might feel pity but he only feels the ground
you  understand moods but he only knows let down
by  the corner there's another one
reaching  out a hand, coming from a broken man, yeah
you  try to live but he's done trying
not  dead, but definitely dying
 with the rest of the clowns.....yeah,  yeah
Mmm  Mmm Mmm Mmmm...Mmmmm  with the rest of the clowns....
, , ,  (BONGO SOLO)
sweeping  the floors, open up the doors, yeah
turn  on the lights, getting ready for tonight
nobody's  romancing 'cause its too early for dancing
but  here comes the music

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Readable chord sheet for Rodeo Clowns by Jack Johnson

Chords: [Bm],  [E],  [G] (355433), [F#]
(2 = alternate, no pinky fret - i.e. G2 = 353433)

[Bm2]   [F#2]   [G2]   [E2]

[Bm2]sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
[E2]turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
[G2]nobodys romancing 'cause its too early for dancin
[F#2]but here comes the music

[Bm]bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of so
[E]many people, so many problems, so many reasons
to buy another [G]round, drink it down
just another ni[F#]ght on the town

[Bm]with the big man, money man, better than the other man
[E]he got the plan with the million dollar give a damn
[G]when nobody understands he'll become a smaller man
[F#]the bright lights keep flashing, the women keep on dancing

[Bm]with the clowns,[F#] yeah, yeah, yeah...
they pick me up when I'm [G]down yeah-ye[E]ah
[Bm]the rodeo clowns[F#], yeah, yeah, yeah
they pick me up when I'm [G]down       [E]

[Bm]the disco ball spinning, all the music and the women
[E]the shots of tequila, man they'll say that they need ya,
[G]but what they really need
[F#]is just a little room to breathe

[Bm]teeny bopping disco queen, she barely understands
[E]her dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things
[G]symbolic of change but the thing that is strange
[F#]is that the changes occurred...

and now she's just a part of the

[Bm]herd....yea[F#]h, yeah, yeah, man I thought
[G]that you heard...ye[E]ah, yeah
the changes [Bm]occurred[F#], yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah)
just a part of the [G]herd [E]

[Bm]lights out, shut do[N.C.]wn, late night, wet ground
[E]you walk by look at him, but he cant look at you, yeah
[G]you might feel pity but he only feels the ground
[F#]you understand moods but he only knows let down
[Bm]by the corner there's another one
[E]reaching out a hand, coming from a broken man, yeah
[G]you try to live but he's done trying
[F#]not dead, but definitely [Bm]dying [F#]

with the rest of the [G]clowns.....y[E]eah, yeah
[Bm]Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmmm...[F#]Mmmmm with the rest of the [G]clowns.[E]...

[Bm],  [E],  [G],  [F#]   (BONGO SOLO)

[Bm2]sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
[E2]turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
[G2]nobody's romancing 'cause its too early for dancing
[F#2]but here comes the music

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