Everybody Loves A Clown:Gary Lewis And The Playboys.
#4 in 1965.

INTRO: D F#m (x2)

#1.
D         F#m     D         F#m       D  F#m D F#m
Everybody loves a clown, so why don't you?
D         F#m           D        F#m     A A7 G A7
Everybody laughs at the things I say and do.
Em                       F#m
They all laugh when they see me comin',
    G                         A
but you don't laugh, you just go home runnin'.
D         F#m     D         F#m       D
Everybody loves a clown, so why can't you?
  G         A         D   F#m G A
A clown has feelings, too.

#2.
D      F#m         D          F#m     D    F#m D F#m
I joke around at a party when you are there.
    D         F#m              D         F#m        A  A7 G A7
But you don't laugh, you don't look, you just don't care.
Em                     F#m
If you wonder why this clown is cryin',
G                       A
look a little closer, inside I'm dyin'.
D        F#m     D     F#m       D  F#m
It's not easy to be in love, you see,
     G        A          D   F#m Bb A
when you're a clown like me.

(INSTRUMENTAL:)

#3.
Eb      Gm          Eb       Gm      Eb Gm Eb Gm
I don't know how to say that I  love you,
      Eb        Gm        Eb                   Bb Bb7 Ab Bb
cause you would smile and say, 'Tell a joke or two.'
     Fm                      Gm
Yes, I'm a clown but I don't wanna be,
Ab                          Bb
why can't you see the other side of me?
Eb         Gm     Eb      Gm        Eb  Gm
Guess I'll be the guy who plays the part,
     Ab           Bb     Eb   C
of a clown with a broken heart..
Ab                        Bb                   Eb  Gm Ab Bb
Dreamin' of your love and not knowing where to start.

OUTRO:
Ab                        Bb                   Eb  Gm Ab Bb 
Dreamin' of your love and not knowin' where to start. (x3)(Fade.)


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.