See The Funny Little Clown:Bobby Goldsboro.
#9 in 1964.
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           (Capo 2nd fret.)

#1.
D (xx0232@1)     Bm (x24432@1)         D (xx0232@1)            BmSee (x24432@1)the funny little clown, see him laughing 
   D (xx0232@1)      BmD Bmas (x24432@1)you walk by.
D (xx0232@1)  Bm (x24432@1)             D (xx0232@1)             BmEverybody (x24432@1)thinks he's happy cause you never 
      D (xx0232@1)         Bm (x24432@1)DBm
see a tear in his eye.
G (320003@1)               Gm (355333@1)     Gm7
No one knows he's crying...no one knows he's 
             Ddying (xx0232@1)on the inside.
G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)      D7Cause (xx0212@1)he's laughing on the outside, mmmm..
G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)    DNo (xx0232@1)one knows...no one knows.

#2.
D (xx0232@1)     Bm (x24432@1)         D (xx0232@1)         Bm (x24432@1)     DSee (xx0232@1)the funny little clown, he's hiding behind 
  Bm (x24432@1)  DBm
A smile.
D (xx0232@1)                 Bm (x24432@1)           DThey (xx0232@1)all think he's laughing but I know he's 
       Bm (x24432@1)   D (xx0232@1)     Bm (x24432@1) DBm
really crying all the while.
G (320003@1)                      Gm (355333@1)             Gm7
How his heart is aching, how his heart is breaking 
         D (xx0232@1)                 G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)      D7on (xx0212@1)the inside...but he keeps laughing on the outside, mmmm..
G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)    DNo (xx0232@1)one knows, no one knows.

CHORUS:
     G (320003@1)          Gm (355333@1)                     Gm7
This funny little clown, you never used to see him around,
                   D (xx0232@1)       Bm (x24432@1)        Dwithout (xx0232@1)his girl beside him, to love and guide him.
  G (320003@1)                       Gm (355333@1)                     DUntil (xx0232@1)one day his girl just walked away, and to this very day..
G (320003@1)                        Dhe (xx0232@1)says he never loved her anyway.
D7 (xx0212@1)      G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1) F#m (244222@1)       BmMmmm, (x24432@1)and no one knows...ex..cept for me..
  G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)                   D (xx0232@1) BmD Bmbecause, (x24432@1)you see, I'm that funny little clown.

OUTRO:
D (xx0232@1)     Bm (x24432@1)         DSee (xx0232@1)the funny little clown.


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