Rodeo Clowns — G. Love & Special Sauce
Chords and lyrics for Rodeo Clowns by G. Love & Special Sauce (key of A).
Chords
[C#m7] [F#7] [G#7] [A7] [E]
Beat Only
Yo, wus' up?
This is G-Love coming at you live out here from California,
Even though I'm Philly born and bred
And I got my man Jack Johnson in the studio today,
we just got out of the surf
My man, Jack, tell 'em what time it is
Intro
[C#m7] [F#7] uh, come [A7]on[G#7]
Refrain
[C#m7]Sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
[F#7]Turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
[A7]Nobody's romancing 'cause it's too early for dancing
But [G#7]here comes the music
Verse
[C#m7]Bright lights flashing to cover up your lack of
So [F#7]many people, so many problems, so many reasons
To buy [A7]another round, drink it down
Just another night on the [G#7]town
With the [C#m7]big man, money man, better than the other man
[F#7]He got the plan with the million dollar give a damn
[A7]When nobody understands, he'll become a smaller man
The [G#7]bright lights keep flashing man the women keep on dancing
Chorus
With the [C#m7]clowns Yeah, yeah, yeah[G#7]
They pick me up when I'm [A7]down Yeah, [F#7]yeah
The Rodeo [C#m7]Clowns Yeah, yeah, yeah[G#7]
They pick me up when I'm [A7]down yeah [F#7]yeah
Verse
The [C#m7]disco ball spinning, all the music and the women and
The [F#7]shots of Tequila, man they'll say that they need ya
But [A7]what they really need, is just a [G#7]little room to breath
Teeny [C#m7]bopping disco queen, she barely understands
Her [F#7]dreams of bellybutton rings and other kinds of things
[A7]Symbolic of change but the thing that is strange
Is that the [G#7]changes occurred, and now she's just a part of
Chorus
the [C#m7]herd Yeah, yeah, yeah[G#7]
Man I thought that you [A7]heard Yeah, [F#7]yeah
The changes [C#m7]occurred Yeah, yeah, yeah[G#7]
Just a part of the [A7]herd yeah [F#7]yeah
Verse
[C#m7]Lights out, shut down, late night, wet ground
[F#7] You walk by look at him but he can't look at you, yeah
[A7] You might feel pity but he only feels the ground because-uh
[G#7] You understand moods, but he only knows let down
[C#m7] By the corner there's another one
[F#7]Reaching out a hand, coming from a broken man, well
[A7] You try to live but he's done trying
[G#7] Not dead but definitely
Chorus
[C#m7]dying [G#7] With the rest of the [A7]clowns Yeah, [F#7]yeah
[C#m7] [G#7] With the rest of the [A7]clowns Yeah [F#7]yeah
Jam
[E] [G#7] [A7] [F#7]
[E] [G#7] [A7] [A7]
[C#m7] [G#7] [A7] [F#7]
Chorus
The rodeo [C#m7]clowns Yeah, yeah, yeah[G#7]
They pick me up when I'm [A7]down Yeah, [F#7]yeah
The Rodeo [C#m7]Clowns Yeah, yeah, yeah[G#7]
They pick me up when I'm [A7]down yeah [F#7]yeah
Refrain
[C#m7]Sweeping the floors, open up the doors, yeah
[F#7]Turn on the lights, getting ready for tonight
[A7]Nobody's romancing 'cause it's too early for dancing
But [G#7]here comes the music
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