RODEO CLOWNS

All music and lyrics written by and property of Jack Johnson
Transcribed by Jai Mitchell
jai_mitchell@yahoo.com
http://members.optushome.com.au/jaimitchell

Thanks for the intro must go to Andy Garcia, I was stuck on some
parts of it, but he seems to have got it down...

The strumming pattern is much like that of 'Flake'

Basically four chords...
C#m  x 4 6 6 5 4
F#   2 4 4 3 2 2
A    5 7 7 6 5 5
G#   4 6 6 5 4 4


INTRO

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--6-----------------------5---------------
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--4---------4-----3-----------------------
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---2--------2--------1--------4h5-----5---
--2------------2----1----------------6----
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VERSE
C#m
Sweeping the floors, open up the doors yeah
F#
turn on the light, getting ready for the night
A
nobody's romancin' cause it's too early for dancin'
    G#
but here comes the music

C#m
Bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of soul
  F#
many people, so many problems, so many reasons to buy
A
another round, drink it down, just another night
       G#
on the town
         C#m
with the big man money man, better than the other man
F#
he got the plan with the million dollar give a damn
A
when nobody understands he'll become a smaller man
    G#
the bright lights keep flashing and the women keep on dancing
         C#m                    G#
with the clowns, yeah yeah yeah
                         A          F#
they pick me up when i'm down, yeah yeah
          C#m                G#
the rodeo clowns yeah yeah yeah
                         A       F#
they pick me up when i'm down

C#m
the disco ball spinning, all the music and the women
        F#        
and the shots of tequila man they'll say that they need ya
    A                                G#
but what they really need, is just a little room to breath
      C#m
teeny bopping disco queen she barely understands her 
F#
dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things
A
symbolic of change, but the thing that is strange
            G#
is that the change has occurred
                                 C#m               G#
and now she's just a part of the herd yeah yeah yeah
                       A            F#
man i thought that you heard yeah yeah
               C#m                  G#
the change has occurred yeah yeah yeah
                   A       F#
just a part of the herd

C#m
lights out shut down late night wet ground
F#
you walk by look at him but he can't look at you yeah
A
you might feel pity but he only feels the ground
G#
you under stand moods but he only knows let down
C#m
by the corner theres another one
F#
reaching out a hand coming from a broken man well
A
you try to live but he's done trying
G#                      C#m    G#
not dead but definately dying
                     A      F#
with the rest of the clowns yeah yeah yeah
C#m             G# 
m mmm mm mmmmm mmm mmm
                     A       F#                
with the rest of the clowns

DRUM SOLO
C#m G# A F#
C#m G# A F#

C#m
Sweeping the floors, open up the doors yeah
F#
turn on the light, getting ready for the night
A
nobody's romancin' cause it's too early for dancin'
    G#
but here comes the music