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Capo on 2nd fret
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(verse 1)
C Am C
See the funny little clown,
Am C Am - C - Am
See him laughing as you walk by,
C Am C
Everybody thinks he's happy,
Am C Am - C
Cause you never see a tear in his eye,
(bridge)
F Fm
No one knows he's crying,
C
No one knows he's dying on the inside,
C7
Cause he's laughing on the outside,
F G - C
No one knows, no one knows,
(verse 2)
C Am C
See the funny little clown,
Am C Am - C - Am
He's hiding behind a smile,
C Am
They all think he's laughing,
C Am C Am - C
But I know he's really crying all the while,
(bridge)
F Fm
How his heart is aching,
C
How his heart is breaking on the inside,
C7
But he keeps laughing on the outside,
F G - C
No one knows, no one knows,
(ending)
F
This funny little clown,
Fm
You never used to see him around,
C C7 C C7
Without his girl beside him to love and guide him,
F Fm
Until one day his girl just walked away,
C
And to this very day,
C7
He says he never loved her anyway,
F G Em7 Am
And no one knows, except for me,
F G
Because you see,
C - Am - C
I'm that funny little clown,
Am C
See the funny little clown,
Written by Bobby Goldsboro