The Felice Brothers – Greatest Show On Earth (Guitar)

Capo 3
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Versions (2)

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Chords

Verse 1
Am
I'm in the lobby of the motel eight

Dm
Waitin' on my lovely date

Fmaj7
Her name is Doris Day

Am
I'm in a suit of burgundy

Dm
There's a deer head looking at me

Fmaj7
It's blowing my mind away
Verse 2
C        Fmaj7                   C
Everyone knows she's the killin' kind

             Fmaj7                  G
She keeps a 38 Smith & Wesson at her side

        C            Fmaj7
I put a pistol in my pants

          C            Fmaj7
Cos we're going out to dance

Am                                 G
Where the water drinks like cherry wine
Verse 3
Am
Tell me mama, so it seems

Dm
Your son's been a bad marine

        Fmaj7               G
They're shipping him out tonight

Am
Tell me mama, where's your other son

Dm
In jail with the other one

Fmaj7                        G
You mustn't have raised them right
Verse 4
C            Fmaj7            C
I heard your low life husband Charles

Fmaj7
Got me wonderin' what the scene was

    G
all about

            C           Fmaj7
He said I'm breaking my parole, going down to Jericho

            Am                    G
Get me that money or I'ma beat it out
Chorus
C    Fmaj7       C
Ooh, happy days

Fmaj7
It's a perfect summer night and the

                    G
moonlight's shining clear

      C              Fmaj7
Put a pistol in your purse

          C              Fmaj7
Cos we're going to Gettysburg

     Am
To the stands of the greatest show 

   G
on earth
Verse 5
Am
Is that your daughter, Mr Kissinger?

Dm
Better keep an eye on her

Fmaj7                        G
She's been looking me up and down

Am
Is that your woman in the coat of fur?

Dm
Better keep an eye on her

Fmaj7                   G
It's a ravenous part of town
Verse 6
C            Fmaj7       C
I know about you and the deputy

             Fmaj7
And how they found him

                   G
Shot dead in a Mercury

     C                  Fmaj7
Some say you're paid to kill

          C                Fmaj7
like that mean old Buffalo Bill

         Am                          G
Watch it buddy, don't draw no gun on me
Play the chorus once more to end.