Learn and Play Music: Rodeo Clowns guitar chords - Jack Johnson tabs

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  			     RODEO CLOWNS (ALBUM) - Jack Johnson
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  Tuning: Standard
  
  Capo 2  - chords relative to capo
  		
  Chords: Bm,  E,  G (355433), F#
  (2 = alternate, no pinky fret - i.e. G2 = 353433)
  
  Intro:
  
  Bm2,  F#2,  G2,  E2
  
  Verse:
  
  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
                 G
  to buy another round, drink it down
                 F#
  just another night 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
  
  Chorus:
  
  Bm		F#					
  with the clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah...
  			 G	     E
  they pick me up when I'm down yeah-yeah
  Bm		F#				             	
  the rodeo clowns, yeah, yeah, yeah
  			 G	    E
  they pick me up when I'm down
  			
  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         F#
  herd....yeah, yeah, yeah, man I thought
  G		   E
  that you heard...yeah, yeah
  	    Bm      F#	
  the changes occurred, yeah, yeah, yeah, (yeah)
  		   G    E
  just a part of the herd
  	
  
  Bm                (n.c.)
  lights out, shut down, 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#			 Bm    F#
  not dead, but definitely dying
  
  		     G	         E	
  with the rest of the clowns.....yeah, yeah
  Bm	           F#	                      G      E
  Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmmm...Mmmmm with the rest of the clowns....
  
  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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