• Song:

    Ode To Sad Clown

  • Artist:

    Joe Purdy

  • Album:

    You Can Tell Georgia (2...

Got his CD after hearing "Can't Get It Right Today", then I watched some 
performances online (Which do him no justice I'm sure)

Tuning: Standard - CAPO V

C (x32010@1)                          GDarling (320003@1)I been down and out ever since you left town
Am (x02210@1)                           F (133211@1)          GWell (320003@1)I ain't been the same, no matter how I try
C (x32010@1)                                   GSometimes (320003@1)we don't get to choose, the ones who wear the walking shoes
Am (x02210@1)                                     F (133211@1)             GI'm (320003@1)just a poor boy with the blues, no that ain't nothing new

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                              GI'm (320003@1)gonna fill this whiskey cup, I'm gonna pick me some banjo up
Am (x02210@1)                                   F (133211@1)           GI'm (320003@1)gonna play with the Tragedies, singing good time harmonies
C (x32010@1)                               GB. (320003@1)Wright don't you let me down, play that one called Sad Clown,
Am (x02210@1)                                  F (133211@1)               GYou (320003@1)know that one's about me, I been thinking about leaving town

Interlude:
C G Am F G

C (x32010@1)                               GWell (320003@1)sunshine she came out today, it don't matter anyways
Am (x02210@1)                                      F (133211@1)           G'Cause (320003@1)I still see the water, and it's dripping down my door
C (x32010@1)                                GI (320003@1)used to hear the children play, I used to hear the birds sing
Am (x02210@1)                                   F (133211@1)          GOne (320003@1)day they just stopped, and I don't hear them anymore

Repeat Chorus!

C G Am F G

C (x32010@1)                                         GOh (320003@1)and I got caught in this whistling wind, doing my best to regret these sins
Am (x02210@1)                               F (133211@1)             GLord (320003@1)would you forgive me if you knew I'm gonna do it again?
C (x32010@1)                                           GAnd (320003@1)it's not that I'm not sorry, Lord, no it's just that I'm not strong
Am (x02210@1)                                    F (133211@1)          G'Cause (320003@1)when that woman looks at me I can't remember right from wrong

Repeat Chorus, overlap lyrics and get loud!
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