Gary Lewis & The Playboys - Everybody loves a clown
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Tuning: G C E A
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 20:51:48 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: l/lewis_gary/everybody_loves_a_clown.crd
"Everybody Loves A Clown"
(Snuff Garrett - Leon Russell - Gary Lewis)
Intro:
keyboard (arr. for guitar):
v Dv v Dmaj7 v v D6v v Dv v
-------|---2-------2-----|---2-------2-----|
-------|-3---3-2-----2-0-|-----0-----------|
-------|-----------------|-------2-----2---|
-------|-----------------|-----------------|
-0-2-4-|-----------------|-----------------|
-------|-----------------|-----------------|
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [2X] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Verse 1:
D Dmaj7 D6 D (D) Dmaj7 D6 D
Everybody loves a clown, so why don't you
D Dmaj7 D6 D Em Em/maj7 A7sus4 A7
Everybody laughs at the things that I say and do
TGhey all laugh when they F#msee me comin'
But yGou don't laugh, you jusA7sus4t go home rA7unnin'
D Dmaj7 D6 D (D) Dmaj7
Everybody loves a clown, so why can't you
A clGown hasA7sus4 feelings, tDoo Dmaj7 G A7sus4
Verse 2:
I joke around at a party when you are there
But you don't laugh, you don't look, you just don't care
If you wonder why this clown is cryin'
Look a little closer, inside I'm dyin'
It's not easy to be in love, you see
When yoGu're a A7sus4clown like mDe Dmaj7 Am7/D D7
Instrumental break:
Gmaj7 C9-5
/ / / / / / / /
Dmaj7 Am7 D7
/ / / / / / / /
Gmaj7 C9-5
/ / / / / / / /
A7sus4 A7 Bb7sus4 Bb7
/ / / / / / / /
[key changes to Bb]
Verse 3:
Eb Ebmaj7 Eb6 Eb (Eb) Ebmaj7 Eb6 Eb
I don't know how to say that I love you
Eb Ebmaj7 Eb6 Eb Fm Fm/maj7 Bb7sus4 Bb7
'Cause you would smile and say, tell a joke or two
YAbes, I'm a clown, but I dGmon't wanna be
AbWhy can't you see the otherBb7sus4 side of B7me
Eb Ebmaj7 Eb6 Eb (Eb) Ebmaj7
Guess I'll be the guy who plays the part
Of a clAbown with a bBbroken heCart C B Bb A
Coda [repeat to fade]:
DAbreamin' of your love anBb7sus4d not knowin' wBb7here to sEbtart Ebmaj7 Gm7
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers