The clown Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays353

The clown by Roy Orbison is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, F, G, D and G7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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  			        C            Em 
I was a clown when I thought I had found  
  F               G               C              G 
A love for me and only me but she laughed at the clown 
           F               G  
turned him down turned him down 
  
         C            Em 
I never frown ah, ah, ah, I'm the clown  
       F               G                    C            G 
for it breaks my heart I play the part of a clown runnin round 
        F              G 
trouble bound I'm the clown  
 
G                    C                     Em 
I wander all around, wondering if you ever cared  
  D       C        D                   C       D  
I go from place to place,  I look from face to face  
                        G     G7 
hoping that you will be there  
 
All over town the word is out, it's all around  
that I love her still guess I always will I'm the clown  
runnin round trouble bound I'm the clown  
 
 
 
 
by: José Duarte 
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Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante