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                               Rodeo Clowns

                                                              Jack Johnson

      Dm
      Sweepin' the floors, open up the doors, yeah
      G
      Turn on the lights, gettin' ready for the night
     Bb7
      Nobody's romancin' cause it's too early for dancin'
          A7
      But here comes the music

      Bright lights flashin' to cover up your lack
      Of so many people, so many problems, so many reasons
      To buy another round - drink it down - just another
      Night on the town

      With the big man, money man, better than the other man
      He got the plan with the million dollar, give a damn
      When nobody understands, he'll become a smaller man
      The bright lights keep flashin' and the women keep on dancin'

                           Dm               A7
                  With the clowns, yeah yeah
                                      Bb7        G
                  Pick me up when I'm down, yeah yeah
                  The rodeo clowns, yeah yeah yeah
                  Pick me up when I'm down, yeah yeah

      The disco ball spinnin' - all the music and the women
      And the shots of tequila, man they'll say that they need ya
      What they really need
      Is just a little room to breathe

      A teeny boppin' disco queen, she barely understands
      Her dreams of belly button rings and other kinds of things
      Symbolic of change, but the thing that is strange
      Is that the changes occured, and now she's just a part

                  Of the herd, yeah yeah yeah
                  Man I thought that you heard, yeah yeah
                  The changes occured, yeah yeah yeah
                  She's just a part of the herd, yeah yeah

      Lights out - shut down - late night - wet ground
      You walk by look at him, but he can't look at you, yeah
      You might feel pity, but he only feels the ground because
      You understand moods, but he only knows let down

      By the corner - there's another one
      Reachin' out a hand - comin' from a broken man
      Well, you try to live, but he's done tryin'
      Not dead, but...

                  Definitely dyin'
                  With the rest of the clowns, yeah yeah
                  Mm mm mm, mm mm mm, yeah yeah
                  With the rest of the clowns, yeah yeah
                             *Solo*   (chorus)

                  The rodeo clowns, yeah yeah yeah
                  Pick me up when I'm down, yeah yeah
                  The rodeo clowns, yeah yeah yeah
                  Pick me up when I'm down, yeah yeah

      Sweepin' the floors, open up the doors, yeah
      Turn on the lights, gettin' ready for the night
      Nobody's romancin' cause it's too early for dancin'
          A7                     (chord fades)
      But here comes the music...




Copyright 1999
By Jack Johnson
Philadelphonic






  I learned this song off a solo acoustic recording of Jack Johnson that
  is circulating.  The song is played up half a step and the solo is a
  little more compact than the G Love version.

      Chords:
             Dm   A7  Bb7   G
         e |-1----0----1----3--
         B |-3----2----3----0--
         G |-2----0----1----0--
         D |-0----2----3----0--
         A |-0----0----1----2--
         E |----------------3--







               I welcome questions, comments, corrections, etc...
                Unless noted, all songs are worked out by myself.

                          michael@cosmic-kitchen.org
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