Tears Of A Clown:Smokey Robinson And The Miracles.
#1 in UK and #1 in USA in 1967.

#1.
NC                      Db (x43121@1)Gb (244322@1)Now, if there's a smile up..on my face,
B (x2444x@1)  Gb (244322@1)       Db (x43121@1)      Gb (244322@1)     BIt's (x2444x@1)only there trying to fool the public.
Gb (244322@1)              DbBut (x43121@1)when it comes down to fooling you,
B (x2444x@1)  Gb (244322@1)         Db (x43121@1)          Gb (244322@1)   BNow, (x2444x@1)honey that's quite a different subject.

#2.
Gb (244322@1)  Db (x43121@1)   Gb (244322@1)        BDon't (x2444x@1)let my glad expression,
Gb (244322@1)     Db (x43121@1)Gb (244322@1)    BGive (x2444x@1)you the wrong impression.
    Gb (244322@1)       DbGb B (x2444x@1)        Gbreally (244322@1)I'm sad.......Oh, I'm sadder than sad.
Db (x43121@1)   Gb (244322@1) B (x2444x@1)         Gb (244322@1)   DbYou're (x43121@1)gone and I'm hurting so bad,
Gb (244322@1)         B (x2444x@1)      Gb (244322@1)  Db (x43121@1) GbB
Like a clown I appear to be glad.. 

CHORUS: 
Gb (244322@1)              Ab (xx1114@1)                FNow, (133211@1)they're some sad things known to man,
          Bbmbut (x13321@1)ain't too much sadder than,
Gbmaj7 (24332x@1)       Db (x43121@1)                             DbGb Dbthe (x43121@1)tears of a clown, when there's no one around. 

#3.

Now if I appear to be carefree,
It's only to camouflage my sadness. 
And Honey to shield my pride I try,
to cover this hurt with a show of gladness.
But don't let my show convince you, 
that I've been happy since you, decided to go.
I need you so, I'm hurt and I want you to know, 
but for others I put on a show...

CHORUS: 
B (x2444x@1)     Gb (244322@1)          Db (x43121@1) Gb (244322@1) B (x2444x@1)  DbNow, (x43121@1)if I appear just like Pagliacci did,
Db (x43121@1)     Gb (244322@1)    B (x2444x@1)GbI (244322@1)try to keep my sadness hid.
    Db (x43121@1)       Gb (244322@1)   B (x2444x@1)  GbSmiling (244322@1)in the public eye, but in my
Db (x43121@1)        Gb (244322@1)   B (x2444x@1)       Gb (244322@1) Dblonely (x43121@1)room I cry, the tears of a clown,
                           DbGb Dbwhen (x43121@1)there's no one around.

#4.

Now if there's a smile on my face,
don't let my glad expression,
give you the wrong impression.
Don't let this smile I wear,
make you think that I don't care... 


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.