TEARS OF A CLOWN English Beat ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- intro eI------------------I----------------I-----------------I---------------I-| BI----------5---5-7-I-8-7-5----------I---------5---5-7-I-8-7-5---------I-| GI------6-----------I-------7-6----4-I-----6-----------I-------7-6-----I-| DI--7---------------I----------------I-7---------------I---------------I-| AI------------------I----------------I-----------------I---------------I-| EI------------------I----------------I-----------------I---------------I-| verse 1 If there's a smile on my face, it's only there trying to fool the public But when it comes down to fooling you, now honey that's quite a different subject Don't let my glad expression give you the wrong impression Really I'm sad, oh sadder than sad You're gone and I'm hurting so bad Like a clown I pretend to be glad chorus / Now there's some sad things known to man F#m D (play intro riff) But ain't too much saddre than the tears of a clown When there's no one around verse 2 If I appear to be carefree It's only to camouflage my sadness in order to shield my pride I try To cover this hurt as a show of gladness But don't let my show convince you that I've been happy since you Decided to go, oh I need you so I'm hurt and I want you to know, but for others I put on a show verse 3 Just like Pagliacci did I try to keep my sadness hid Smiling in the public eye, but in my lonesome room i cry The tears of a clown