Artist: Jack Johnson
Title: Rodeo Clowns
Album: on and on
Transcription: Anthony D'Anna
http://www.anthonydanna.com/music/jj_onandon_album/jj_onandon_album.html

Tempo =  88bps


Intro

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C#m
Sweeping the floors, open up the doors yeah
F#7
turn on the lights, getting ready for the night
A
nobody's romancin' cause it's too early for dancin'
    G#7
but here comes the music



C#m
Bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of soul
  F#7
many people, so many problems, so many reasons to buy
A
another round, drink it down, just another night
       G#7
on the town
         C#m
with the big man money man, better than the other man
F#7
he got the plan with the million dollar give a damn
A
when nobody understands he'll become a smaller man
    G#7
the bright lights keep flashing and the women keep on dancing
         C#m                    G#7
with the clowns, yeah yeah yeah
                         A          F#7
they pick me up when i'm down, yeah yeah
          C#m                G#7
the rodeo clowns yeah yeah yeah
                         A       F#7
they pick me up when i'm down



C#m
the disco ball spinning, all the music and the women
        F#7       
and the shots of tequila man they'll say that they need ya
    A                                G#7
but what they really need, is just a little room to breath
      C#m
teeny bopping disco queen she barely understands her 
F#7
dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things
A
symbolic of change, but the thing that is strange
            G#7
is that the change has occurred
                                 C#m               G#7
and now she's just a part of the herd yeah yeah yeah
                       A            F#7
man i thought that you heard yeah yeah
               C#m                  G#7
the change has occurred yeah yeah yeah
                   A       F#7
just a part of the herd



C#m
lights out shut down late night wet ground
F#7
you walk by look at him but he can't look at you yeah
A
you might feel pity but he only feels the ground
G#7
you under stand moods but he only knows let down
C#m
by the corner theres another one
F#7
reaching out a hand coming from a broken man well
A
you try to live but he's done trying
G#7                      C#m    
not dead but definately dying
G#7                     A           F#7
   with the rest of the clowns yeah yeah yeah
        C#m         G#7 
mmm mmm mmmmm mmm mmm
                     A       F#7                
with the rest of the clowns


Drum Solo

C#m G#7 A F#7
C#m G#7 A F#7



C#m
Sweeping the floors, open up the doors yeah
F#7
turn on the light, getting ready for the night
A
nobody's romancin' cause it's too early for dancin'
    G#7
but here comes the music