Tom: Cm
INTRO: Ab Gm Ab Gm Fm Gm Dm Cm G Cm
#1.
Eb Gm Eb
I'll make you laugh when you're blue, that way
Gm
I can be close to you.
Ab Bb Ab
From the start, I play the part, while I make you
Bb
laugh someone else fills your heart.
CHORUS:
Ab Fm Cm
That's the way of a clown..that's the way of a clown.
Fm Cm G Cm
It's the part I must play, that's the way of a clown.
#2.
Eb Gm Eb Gm
I laugh, with tears in my eyes, like a clown, I wear
a disguise.
Ab Bb Ab
Can't let you know, I love you so, you love someone else,
Bb
so on with the show.
CHORUS:
Ab Fm Cm
That's the way of a clown..that's the way of a clown.
Fm Cm G Cm
It's the part I must play, that's the way of a clown.
#3.
Fm Cm Fm
In my heart I keep praying, that some day you'll come
Cm
to me.
Fm Eb Ab Bb G
But as I masquerade, I'm afraid it never can be..pity me.
CHORUS:
Ab Fm Cm
That's the way of a clown..that's the way of a clown.
Fm Cm G Cm
It's the part I must play, that's the way of a clown.
INTERLUDE: Fm Dm Gm Fm Cm Dm Cm
OUTRO:
Gm Eb Cm Gm Ab G
That's the way of a clown...............(Fade.)
