Roy Orbison – The Clown (Guitar)

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The Clown:Roy Orbison. Recorded on SUN Records in 1956. (Written by Roy Orbison, also appears on Album - Roy Orbison Rocker - in 1999.) INTRO: C #1.

G       C            E
I was a clown when I thought I had found,

  F                G                C
a love for me, and only me..but she laughed 

       G                 F                G
at the clown..turned him down, turned him down.

#2.

        C              E
I never frown, ha, ha, ha, I'm the clown.

          F                  G
Though it breaks my heart, I play the part of a 

C              G              F              G
clown..running round, trouble bound, I'm the clown.

BRIDGE:

G                              C
I wander all around, wondering if you ever cared.

  D       C        D                  C       D
I go from place to place, I look from face to face,

                        G    D
hoping that you will be there.

#3.

             C                 E
All over the town, the word is out, it's all around..

       F                       G
that I love her still, guess I always will, I'm 

    C              G              F              G    C
the clown..running round, trouble bound, I'm the clown.

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