The English Beat - Tears Of A Clown (Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder & Henry Cosby)
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[Intro]
(Also played after the word clown during the chorus)
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[Intro]
A     D        G    D     A     D      G  
       Oh yeah baby baby

[Verse]
D                A     D     G     D         A               D        G
Now if there's a smile on my face, it's only there trying to fool the public
D           A             D       G    D               A              D         G
But when it comes down to fooling you, well now honey, that's quite a different subject
D          A      D       G         D      A       D        G
  So don't let my glad ex-pression,   give you the wrong im-pression
      D          A    D            G      D           A           D
cause really I'm sad, (I'm so sad) oh I'm sadder than sad (I'm so sad) 
         G          D           A                 D      G          D          A    D  G    D
Look I'm hurt and I want you so bad, (I'm so sad) Like a clown I ap-pear to be glad    oooh yeah

[Chorus]
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Now there's some sad things known to man
          F#m             D                   A      D  G            D        A      
But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown,    when there's no one a-round
D        G    D     A    D    G  
 Oh yeah baby baby,   Oh yeah baby baby

[Verse]
D           A       D       G     D            A     D        G
Now if I ap-pear to be care-free, it's only to camou-flage my sadness
D           A         D       G    D             A           D       G
In order to shield my pride I try, to cover this hurt with a show of gladness
D          A      D        G          D      A         D           G
  So don't let my show con-vince you,   that I've been happy since you
   D        A    D   G    D        A    D
De-cided to go,      oh I need you so
         G          D           A     D          G        D        A    D   G    D
Look I'm hurt and I want you to know,   just for others I put on a show     oooh yeah

[Chorus]
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Now there's some sad things known to man
          F#m             D                   A      D  G            D        A      D  G  D   
But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown,    when there's no one a-round

[Bridge]
A    D        G      D    A         D       G       D
Just like Pag-liacci did, I'm gonna keep my sadness hid
A             D       G    D             A      D      G       
Hiding in the gloom I try,   but in this lonely room I cry
D              A      D  G            D        A     D  G  D      
The tears of a clown,    when there's no one a-round

[Sax Solo]
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[Outro]
D                A     D     G     D       A      D       G        D       A       D        G
Now if there's a smile on my face,   don't let my glad ex-pression,   give you the wrong im-pression
D          A        D       G     D      A             D       G
Well don't let this smile I wear,   make you feel that I don't care
D              A          D          G       D              A          D          G
The tears of a clown (the tears of a clown), the tears of a clown (the tears of a clown) 
D              A          D              G      D              A          D          G
The tears of a clown (I'm going down the town), the tears of a clown (I'm going down town)  (Fade)