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                   HA HA SAID THE CLOWN - Manfred Mann
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This song had chart success going to the Top 5
The Yardbirds did a cover of this song

Chorus:
      D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)              E (022100@1)         
Ha ha said the clown    has the king lost his crown,
      A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)       Ahas (x02220@1)the night been tight on romance
      D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)           EHa (022100@1)ha said the clown    easy bringing me down,
                         Am- (x02210@1)E- (022100@1)Amthat (x02210@1)you've lost your chance
    Am (x02210@1)                                  E (022100@1)        Feeling low, gotta go see a show in town
    Am (x02210@1)                         E (022100@1)           AmHear (x02210@1)the jokes, have a smoke, and a laugh at the clown
    Am (x02210@1)                                EIn (022100@1)a whirl, see a girl with a smile in her eyes
    Am (x02210@1)                              ENever (022100@1)thought I'd be brought right down by her lies
 
Chorus:
      D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)                   E (022100@1)         
Ha ha said the clown    has the king lost his crown,
       A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)       Ahas (x02220@1)the night been tight on romance
      D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)  D (xx0232@1)              EHa (022100@1)ha said the clown    easy bringing me down,
                       Am- (x02210@1)E- (022100@1)Amthat (x02210@1)you've lost your chance
    Am (x02210@1)                                         EIn (022100@1)a trance, watch her dance to the beat of the drums
    Am (x02210@1)                            E (022100@1)           Am (x02210@1) 
Faster now, sweating brow, I'm all the fingers and thumbs
    Am (x02210@1)                                       EWonder (022100@1)why I hit the sky  when she blows me a kiss
    Am (x02210@1)                      E (022100@1)        Am (x02210@1)
In a while run a mile I'm regretting all this
 
Chorus:  Ha, Ha said the clown.....
 

    Am (x02210@1)                                              E (022100@1)
Take your coat, close the show, wish the people good-bye
    Am (x02210@1)                            E (022100@1)         AmGrab (x02210@1)my coat, grab my hat, look that girl in the eye
    Am (x02210@1)                                             EWhere's (022100@1)your home, What's your phone stop fooling around
    Am (x02210@1)                         E (022100@1)           Am (x02210@1) 
Could have died she replied "I'm a wife of the clown"
 
2 x Refrain:  Ha ha said the clown
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