The Greatest Show On Earth
Tom Russell BandVersion1
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Step up, buy a ticket - Front row, centre seat
A real live human drama of love and defeat
Don't worry 'bout the cost my friend, you'll get your money's worth
As a man and a woman star in the greatest show on earth
May I direct your attention now, to ring number one
A man and a woman, the affair has just begun
And they waltz beneath the spotlight to a round of warm applause
Then he puts on his clown mask and she her tiger claws
As the band breaks into a rumba, they're blowing for all their worth
It's the end of act one, in the greatest show on earth
May I direct your attention now, to ring number three
A man is in the spotlight, the clown is on his knees
He's kneeling beside a dancer, who has fallen from the wire
Working without a net, was she the victim of desire?
And the crowd begins to wonder is this an act or is she hurt?
As the spotlight dims to darkness in the greatest show on earth
And now we're in the centre ring, they're lowering the cage
The lion and the tigress acting out their final rage
But little children don't be scared when you hear that closing song
The love affair has ended, but the show it must go on
And the circus train moves down the line from Memphis to Fort Worth
Appearing now in your hometown, the greatest show on earth
Step up buy a ticket...
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Readable chord sheet for The Greatest Show On Earth by Tom Russell Band
S[D]tep up, buy a ti[G]cket - Fr[D]ont row, centre seat[G] A[D] real live human dr[G]ama of lov[Em]e and defeat [A] D[D]on't worry 'bout the co[G]st my friend, yo[D]u'll get your money's wort[G]h A[D]s a m[A]an and a[Bm] woman star in the[Em] greatest [A]show on e[D]arth [G] [D] [G] M[D]ay I direct your atte[G]ntion now, to[D] ring number one [G] A[D] man and a wom[G]an, the affai[Em]r has just begun [A] A[D]nd they waltz beneath[G] the spotlight[D] to a round of war[G]m applause T[D]hen he puts on his cl[G]own mask and she[Em] her tiger claw[A]s A[Bm]s the band breaks in[C]to a rumba, they[Bm]'re blowing for all thei[C]r worth I[D]t's t[A]he end o[Bm]f act one, in[Em] the great[A]est show [D]on eart[G]h [D] [G] M[D]ay I direct your atte[G]ntion now, to[D] ring number three [G] A[D] man is in the spot[G]light, the clo[Em]wn is on his knees [A] H[D]e's kneeling beside a da[G]ncer, who has fal[D]len from the wire[G] W[D]orking without a ne[G]t, was she the vic[Em]tim of desire? [A] A[Bm]nd the crowd begi[C]ns to wonder is thi[Bm]s an act or is [C]she hurt? A[D]s the spotl[A]ight dims[Bm] to darkness in t[Em]he greates[A]t show on[D] earth [G] [D] [G] A[D]nd now we're in the ce[G]ntre ring, the[D]y're lowering the cage[G] T[D]he lion and the ti[G]gress acting out[Em] their final rage[A] B[D]ut little children do[G]n't be scared when you hea[D]r that closing song[G] T[D]he love affair has en[G]ded, but the sho[Em]w it must go on [A] A[Bm]nd the circus train [C]moves down the line [Bm]from Memphis to F[C]ort Worth A[D]ppearing no[A]w in you[Bm]r hometown, the grea[Em]test show [A]on earth [D] [G] [D] [G] S[D]tep up buy a ti[G]cket... [D]