Jack Johnson – Rodeo Clowns (Ukulele)

Chords: Bm,  E,  G (355433), F#    
(2 = alternate, no pinky fret - i.e. G2 = 353433)

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

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...

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....

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