King Of Clowns:Neil Sedaka.
#23 in UK and #45 on BB Hot 100 on
RCA Records in 1962.

INTRO: B

#1.
B (x2444x@1)                      F# (244322@1)    F#7Here (242352@1)I come, the king of clowns..as I hide behind 
     F# (244322@1)                Bthis (x2444x@1)smile and paint the town.
B (x2444x@1)           B7 (x21202@1)         E (022100@1)                BThough (x2444x@1)I cry, since you're gone..you'll never know 
            F# (244322@1)         Bbecause (x2444x@1)the show must go on.

#2.
B (x2444x@1)                                     F#I've (244322@1)been sad (I've been sad) I've been blue (I've been blue)..
     F#7 (242352@1)              F# (244322@1)              Bever (x2444x@1)since the day that you found someone new (someone new.)
     B7 (x21202@1)                E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)            F#I (244322@1)pretend, but you can't tell..with my broken heart I play 
           Bmy (x2444x@1)part so well.

BRIDGE:
B (x2444x@1)                                  F#Step (244322@1)aside, here I come, the king of clowns..as I hide the 
                           Blonely (x2444x@1)teardrops that come down.
         B7 (x21202@1)          E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)               F#I (244322@1)make believe, with a smile..but the king of clowns is crying 
        Ball (x2444x@1)the while.

CHORUS:
E (022100@1)                       B (x2444x@1)                       F#Tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..here (244322@1)comes 
            B (x2444x@1)    B7the (x21202@1)king of clowns.
E (022100@1)                       B (x2444x@1)                       F#Tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..here (244322@1)comes 
            B (x2444x@1)    
the king of clowns.

#3.
B (x2444x@1)                                            F#There (244322@1)are tears (there are tears) you'll never see (never see.)
           F#7 (242352@1)        F# (244322@1)           BNo, (x2444x@1)you'll never see my tears and pity me (pity me.)
           B7 (x21202@1)            E (022100@1)           B (x2444x@1)           F#Though (244322@1)I'm hurt, still I'm proud..always laughing as I walk among 
    Bthe (x2444x@1)crowd.

BRIDGE:
B (x2444x@1)                                  F#Step (244322@1)aside, here I come, the king of clowns..as I hide the 
                           Blonely (x2444x@1)teardrops that come down.
         B7 (x21202@1)          E (022100@1)            B (x2444x@1)               F#I (244322@1)make believe, with a smile..but the king of clowns is crying 
        Ball (x2444x@1)the while.

CHORUS:
E (022100@1)                       B (x2444x@1)                       F#Tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..here (244322@1)comes 
            B (x2444x@1)    B7the (x21202@1)king of clowns.
E (022100@1)                       B (x2444x@1)                       F#Tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..here (244322@1)comes 
            B (x2444x@1)    
the king of clowns.

OUTRO:
E (022100@1)                       B (x2444x@1)                       F#Tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..here (244322@1)comes 
            B (x2444x@1)    B7the (x21202@1)king of clowns.
E (022100@1)                       
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-li-lo..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
 

                                        
                                            
                                            
                                        
                                                                
                        
                        
                        
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