Tears Of A Clown Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays588

Tears Of A Clown by Wallflowers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, A, D, A7 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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16
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  			G     A     D     Ax 

B-5-5-5-5-5 

G                                A                D           A 
Now if there's a smile on my face,  
it's only there tryin' to fool the public,  
but when it comes down to foolin' you  
Now honey, that's quite a different subject  

But don't let my glad expression  
give you the wrong impression  
Really I'm sad I'm sadder than sad  
You're gone and I'm hurtin' so bad  
Like a clown I pretend to be glad  

A                                                                     A7 
Now there's some sad things known to man,  
                                       G                                        E 
but ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown  
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when there's no one around  

Now if I appear to be carefree,  
it's only to camouflage my sadness  
In order to keep my pride  
I try to cover the hurt with 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  

Now there's some sad things known to man,  
but ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown  
when there's no one around  


You can improvise a solo here     I think it's played up towards the 12 and 15th frets   


Just like Pagliacci did I try to keep my surface hid  
Smiling in the crowd I try  
But in a lonely room I cry  
The tears of a clown When there's noone around,  

oh yeah, baby baby Now if there's a smile on my face  
Don't let my glad expression  
Give you the wrong impression  
Don't let this smile I wear Make you think that I don't care  
Cos really I'm sad
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

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

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante