Everybody Loves A Clown Chords (ver 2) - Gary Lewis

Everybody Loves A Clown:Gary Lewis And The Playboys.
#4 in 1965.

INTRO: D F#m (x2)

#1.
D         F#m     D         F#m       D  F#m D F#m
Everybody loves a clown, so why don't you?
D         F#m           D        F#m     A A7 G A7
Everybody laughs at the things I say and do.
Em                       F#m
They all laugh when they see me comin',
    G                         A
but you don't laugh, you just go home runnin'.
D         F#m     D         F#m       D
Everybody loves a clown, so why can't you?
  G         A         D   F#m G A
A clown has feelings, too.

#2.
D      F#m         D          F#m     D    F#m D F#m
I joke around at a party when you are there.
    D         F#m              D         F#m        A  A7 G A7
But you don't laugh, you don't look, you just don't care.
Em                     F#m
If you wonder why this clown is cryin',
G                       A
look a little closer, inside I'm dyin'.
D        F#m     D     F#m       D  F#m
It's not easy to be in love, you see,
     G        A          D   F#m Bb A
when you're a clown like me.

(INSTRUMENTAL:)

#3.
Eb      Gm          Eb       Gm      Eb Gm Eb Gm
I don't know how to say that I  love you,
      Eb        Gm        Eb                   A# A#7 G# A#
cause you would smile and say, 'Tell a joke or two.'
     Fm                      Gm
Yes, I'm a clown but I don't wanna be,
G#                          A#
why can't you see the other side of me?
Eb         Gm     Eb      Gm        Eb  Gm
Guess I'll be the guy who plays the part,
     G#           A#     Eb   C
of a clown with a broken heart..
G#                        A#                   Eb  Gm G# A#
Dreamin' of your love and not knowing where to start.

OUTRO:
G#                        A#                   Eb  Gm G# A# 
Dreamin' of your love and not knowin' where to start. (x3)(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.