Tone: [Am]
[Am]Take me to the big show [C]
Take me anywhere but [E]here
[Am]Put me in the front row, [C]
Make my problems [E]disappear
[Am]Trapeze high wires, [C]
Without a [E]safety net
[Am]For the present admission, [C]
I wanna witness [E]life or death
[Am]All the pretty [E]girls get [Am]cut in h[E]half
While the [Am]sad clowns [E]make us [Am]lau[E]laugh[Am]gh
I [Dm]wanna make friends with the [Am]freaks,
I wanna throw it [E]down with the clowns that I [Am]meet,
I wanna have a [Dm]party in the middle of the [Am]street
I wanna have a [E]party in the middle of the [Am]street
I wanna have a [Dm]party in the middle of the [Am]street
Invite all the [E7]carnies and the [E7]crazy acro[E7]acrobats and bearded [E7]ladies
And the [E7]fire breathers, [E7]all the people [N.C,]just like me.
[Am]Are you ready to risk it all, [C]
And be a human [E]cannon ball?
[Am]Sharpen up those knives and throw em'
At the [C]fool against the [E]wall,
We're [E7]all against that [E]wall
I [Dm]wanna make friends with the [Am]freaks,
I wanna throw it [E]down with the clowns that I [Am]meet,
I wanna have a [Dm]party in the middle of the [Am]street
I wanna have a [E]party in the middle of the [Am]street
I wanna have a [Dm]party in the middle of the [Am]street
Invite all the [E7]carnies and the [E7]crazy acro[E7]acrobats and bearded [E7]ladies
And the [E7]fire breathers, [E7]all the people [N.C,]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]We're [G]watching [E]you!
[Am]All the pretty [E]girls get [Am]cut in h[E]half
While the [Am]sad clowns [E]make us [Am]lau[E]laugh[Am]gh
[Am]All the pretty [E]girls get [Am]cut in h[E]half
While the [Am]sad clowns [E]make us [Am]lau[E]laugh[Am]gh
I [Dm]wanna make friends with the [Am]freaks,
I wanna throw it [E]down with the clowns that I [Am]meet,
I wanna have a [Dm]party in the middle of the [Am]street
I wanna have a [E]party in the middle of the [Am]street
I wanna have a [Dm]party in the middle of the [Am]street
Invite all the [E7]carnies and the [E7]crazy acro[E7]acrobats and bearded [E7]ladies
And the [E7]fire breathers, [E7]all the people just like [Dm]me. [Am] [E]
[Am]Just like [Dm]me. [Am] [E] [Am]
I wanna have a [Dm]party in the middle of the [Am]street
I wanna have a [E]party in the middle of the [Am]street
I wanna have a [Dm]party in the middle of the [Am]street
Invite all the [E7]carnies and the [E7]crazy acro[E7]acrobats and bearded [E7]ladies
And the [E7]fire breathers, [E7]all the people just like [Dm]me. [Am] [E]
[Am]All the pretty [E]girls get [Am]cut in h[E]half
While the [Am]sad clowns [E]make us [Am]lau[E]laugh[Am]gh