| C | |
| The ghost of a friend came down to me |
| Am | |
| Singing | don't go back to misery |
| C | |
| She spread out her wings and said listen to me |
| Am | |
| This ain't no place for you to be |
| G | |
| Oh my darling you can set me free |
| C | |
| So I packed up my sorrows |
| And I followed her down |
| Am | |
| To the Westway Road heading out of town |
| C | |
| The grass is greener off the beaten track |
| Am | |
| So come with me and we won't go back |
| G | |
| Oh my darling I could only try |
| C | Am | |
| They're the clowns that've taken the | town |
| C | Am | |
| Yeah the fools here are running me d | own |
| C | Am | G | |
| Well I don't need them ar | ound, they got nothing | on you |
| Am | G | Am | |
| They got nothing on y | ou, no |
| Am | G | |
| And the lady sings |
| C | |
| Now the ghost of a friend is leaving me |
| Am | |
| For another dark place of misery |
| C | |
| But the fires burning and the winds they change |
| Am | |
| I know I've seen my friend again |
| G | |
| Oh my darling you have made me see |
| C | Am | |
| There is always a circus in | town |
| C | Am | |
| With the vultures, and the pea | cocks and hounds |
| C | Am | G | |
| Well I don't need that ar | ound, they got nothing o | n you |
| Am | G | Am | |
| They got nothing on y | ou |
| G | Am | |
| And the lady si | ngs |
| C | Am | |
| You see there's always a circus in t | own |
| C | Am | |
| All the vultures, peacocks and ho | unds |
| C | Am | G | |
| Well I don't need them aro | und, they got nothing on | you |
| Am | G | |
| They got nothing on you, no |
| G | Am | |
| And the lady sings |
| Well, there she goes |
| well cheers hope u enjoy |