Am                       C
Take me to the big show
                     E
Take me anywhere but here
Am                       C
Put me in the front row, 
                 E
Make my problems disappear

Am                   C
Trapeze high wires, 
          E
Without a safety net
Am                         C
For the present admission, 
                E
I wanna witness life or death

Am             E         Am      E           
All the pretty girls get cut in half 
          Am         E       Am E Am
While the sad clowns make us laugh

  Dm                          Am
I wanna make friends with the freaks, 
                 E                           Am
I wanna throw it down with the clowns that I meet, 
               Dm                         Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               E                          Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               Dm                         Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               E7              E7        E7               E7
Invite all the carnies and the crazy acrobats and bearded ladies 
        E7              E7             N.C,
And the fire breathers, all the people just like me.

Am                            C
Are you ready to risk it all, 
               E
And be a human cannon ball?
Am                                
Sharpen up those knives and throw em'
       C                E
At the fool against the wall, 
      E7               E
We're all against that wall

  Dm                          Am
I wanna make friends with the freaks, 
                 E                           Am
I wanna throw it down with the clowns that I meet, 
               Dm                         Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               E                          Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               Dm                         Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               E7              E7        E7               E7
Invite all the carnies and the crazy acrobats and bearded ladies 
        E7              E7             N.C,
And the fire breathers, all the people just like me.

(During the "Ladies and gentlemen..." part just play the following chords over and over)

Am E7 Am E7 Am E7 F E

Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, come one, come all to the Cirque dans 
la rue! Check your troubles at the door, you don't need 'em anymore! Leave 
reality outside, and come along for the ride, but just remember while you're 
watching us, do the things that we do! 

F     G        E
We're watching you!

Am             E         Am      E           
All the pretty girls get cut in half 
          Am         E       Am E Am
While the sad clowns make us laugh
Am             E         Am      E           
All the pretty girls get cut in half 
          Am         E       Am E Am
While the sad clowns make us laugh

  Dm                          Am
I wanna make friends with the freaks, 
                 E                           Am
I wanna throw it down with the clowns that I meet, 
               Dm                         Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               E                          Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               Dm                         Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               E7              E7        E7               E7
Invite all the carnies and the crazy acrobats and bearded ladies 
        E7              E7                       Dm   Am   E
And the fire breathers, all the people just like me.
Am        Dm   Am   E   Am
Just like me.

               Dm                         Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               E                          Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               Dm                         Am
I wanna have a party in the middle of the street
               E7              E7        E7               E7
Invite all the carnies and the crazy acrobats and bearded ladies 
        E7              E7                       Dm   Am   E
And the fire breathers, all the people just like me.

Am             E         Am      E           
All the pretty girls get cut in half 
          Am         E       Am E Am
While the sad clowns make us laugh