Circus of sour (1965)     (video)

 

    C - D - C - D (2x)

 

      C              D                C                  D

1. Circus of Sour holds shows every hour,

           C        D             G

    the lion is eatin' the bars, hey, the bars.

       F                G                 F                   G

    High-wires erected, the poor man's expected

           F                 C      D7                                G

    to climb to the stars, balanced just on one knee.

       F                    G                C - Am    F                    G                 C

    Look out your window and s.......ee, look out your window and see.

 

              C                      D                  C               D

2. The clown chases spotlights, the bear faces hot lights,

      C                D                  G

    pelted with peanuts and Coke, hey, the Coke.

              F              G                F              G

    And high in the tent top the lady just went up

           F             C                    D7                G

    to hang by a rope from her teeth gracefully.

       F                    G                C - Am    F                    G                 C   - C7

    Look out your window and s.......ee, look out your window and see.

 

   F                  - Em  - F                 -  Em

+     Ba ba ba….,          ba ba ba ….

F                 - D7   G                  - G7    G                 - G7

    ba ba ba….,   dun da da da....       dun da da da ....

 

          C               D            C               D

3. Admission is paid up until you are laid up,

                 C             D                G

    there's only one catch to the fun, hey, the fun.

            F                 G                F                     G

    To hell if you're willin', your name's on the billing,

                  F                          C           D7                    G

    and it seems that you're wanted in ring number three.

       F                    G                C - Am

    Look out your window and s.......ee,

        F                  G               C - Am

    I look out my window and s…...ee.

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    I'll look out my window and see, cwah, cwah !

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (Donovan)