Riff (in verses 1 & 2):
E|---2----0--------------------|
B|--------------3-----0--------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

F#m

[Verse 1]
Bm
Train rolls in at ten am
G
Kill the lamb for the lions, find some water for the elephants
Bm
Monkey on his shoulder, is a monkey on his back
G                               (riff)
Could I bum a cigarette, I done smoked my last pack
F#m                    F#m
Throw up the big top, throw down some sawdust
G                               A
We don't open till the mornin', step right up

[Chorus]
       Bm              G
We got beer for the bearded lady
         Bm                    G
And the Siamese twins are into opium
     Bm                   G
The trapeze guys are all high on cocaine
 G                                        A
That they bought from a guy that used to drive the train
Bm                   G
We got water for the elephants
A
Everybody knows the greatest party on earth
                         Bm
Is the circus down on Ringling Road

[Verse 2]
           Bm
Well, the tattoo man is making out with snake lady
         G
Just to piss off the human cannonball that she been dating
Bm
The clown got wasted and he's throwing a shoes
G                          (riff)
At a bear on a bike with a bottle of booze
F#m                 F#m
Tightrope walker is too damn high
G                       A
Welcome to a freakshow Friday night

[Chorus]
       Bm            G
We got beer for the bearded lady
        Bm                      G
And the Siamese twins are into opium
    Bm                    G
The trapeze guys are all high on cocaine
G                                          A
That they bought from a guy that used to drive the train
Bm                    G
We got water for the elephants
A
Everybody knows the greatest party on earth
                               Bm        G
Is the circus down on Ringling Rooooooooad

          Bm               G
Ringling Road
                 Bm       G
Down on Ringling Rooooooooad

       Bm           G
We got beer for the bearded lady
        Bm                      G
And the Siamese twins are into opium
    Bm                    G
The trapeze guys are all high on cocaine
G                                         A
That they bought from a guy that used to drive the train
       Bm            G
We got beer for the bearded lady
         Bm                    G
And the Siamese twins are into opium
    Bm                    G
The trapeze guys are all high on cocaine
G                                         A
That they bought from a guy that used to drive the train
Bm                    G
We got water for the elephants
A
Everybody knows the greatest party on earth
                               Bm     (Pause)
Is the circus down on Ringling Road

Bm        G       F#m       Bm       G       F#m

Bm
Da Da Dadadada
G        F#m
Da Da Dadadada

Bm
Da Da Dadadada
G        F#m
Da Da Dadadada

Group
Bm
Da Da Dadadada
G        F#m
Da Da Dadadada