1941 Harry Nilsson
[Intro]:
E7 A7 D7 B7 x 2
[Verse 1]:
[E7]Well in 194[A7]1 a happy fathe[D7]r had a son[B7]
[E7]And by 1944[A7] the father wal[D7]ked right o[B7]ut the door
[E7]And in '45 [A7]the mom and son[D7] were still[B7] alive
[C7]But who[C7] could [C7]tell in[C7] '46 if[B7] the tw[B7]o were [B7]to surv[B7]ive
[Verse 2]:
[E7]Well the years were passing[A7] quickly
[D7]But not fast enough for [B7]him
[E7]So he closed his eyes thro[A7]ugh '55
[D7]And he opened them up [B7]again
[E7]When he looked around he [A7]saw a clown
[D7]And the clown seemed very [B7]gay
[C7]And he [C7]set tha[C7]t night[C7] to joi[B7]n that [B7]circus [B7]clown a[B7]nd run away
[Scat solo 1]:
E7 A7 D7 B7 x 2
C7 C7 B7 x 2
[C7] [C7] [C7] [C7] [B7] [B7] [E7]
[A7] [D7] [B7]
[Verse 3]:
[E7]Well he followed every ra[A7]ilroad track
[D7]And every highway sign[B7]
[E7]And he had a girl [A7]in each new town
[D7]And the towns he left behi[B7]nd
[E7]And the open [A7]road
[D7]Was the only road he [B7]knew
[C7]But the [C7]color of[C7] his dre[C7]ams
[B7]Were slo[B7]wly turn[B7]ing into[B7] blue
[Verse 4]:
[E7]Then he me[E7]t a girl t[A7]he kind of[A7] girl
[D7]He'd wa[D7]nted al[B7]l his l[B7]ife
[E7]She was [E7]soft and [A7]kind and[A7] good to him
[D7]So he to[D7]ok her fo[G]r his wi[B7]fe
[E7]And they got[B7] a house not[A7] far from to[A7]wn
[D7]And in[D7] a lit[B7]tle wh[B7]ile
[C7]The girl[C7] had see[C7]n the do[C7]ctor
[B7]And she c[B7]ame home [B7]with a chi[B7]ld
[Verse 5]:
[E7]Now i[E7]n 196[A7]1 a h[A7]appy [D7]fathe[D7]r had[B7] a so[B7]n
[E7]And by [E7]1964 th[A7]e fathe[A7]r walke[D7]d right[D7] out th[B7]e door[B7]
[E7]And in[E7] '65 t[A7]he mom[A7] and s[D7]on wer[D7]e stil[B7]l around
[C7]But what will happen to the boy
[B7]When the circus comes to town?
[Scat solo 2]:
E7 A7 D7 B7 x 3
[C7] [B7]
[E7] [A7] [E]
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