JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Circus Song" merupakan lagu folk dari musisi senior Don McLean.
Lagu ini muncul dalam album debutnya yang dinamakan Tapestry keluaran tahun 1970 silam.
Album ini berisi 11 lagu dan sempat menduduki peringkat ke-11 dalam Billboard 200.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu If We Try - Don McLean
Simak lirik dan chord lagu "Circus Song" oleh Don McLean berikut ini.
Eb Cm Ab Fm
Cotton candy, two for a quarter
Bb Eb Bb
See if the fat man can guess your weight
Eb Gm Cm Eb Ab Eb Ab
A big stuffed tiger is what I bought her
Bb Eb Bb Ab
And I'm going home 'cause it's late
Bb Cm Fm
Roller coasters make me dizzy
Fm Bb Eb
cotton candy makes me sick
Eb Gm Cm Eb Ab Eb Fm
I wish I had some Bromo fizzy
Bb Eb
That would do the trick
Ab Eb
Everyone knows that the clowns aren't happy
Ab Bb Eb
And everyone knows that the people don't care
Ab Bb C
I wish I could laugh at the way that they're acting
C Fm Ab Bb Fm
But I'm so sick, I just don't dare to
Eb Cm Ab Bb
High wire dancers kick and balance
Bb Eb
White silk horses step in time
Eb Ab Fm
The tattooed man displays his talents
Bb Eb
I'm not the talented kind
Ab Bb Eb
I always go to the circus on Sunday
Ab Bb Eb Ab
And there I can laugh at the people I see
Ab Bb Cm C
But when I leave home in the morning on Monday
F Bb
Everybody laughs at me
Ebm Eb Fm
You know, I make other people nervous
Bb Eb
I guess that's why they laugh at me
Eb Fm
But to me my life is a three-ring circus
Bb Eb
And I can see it for free
Ab Bb Eb
Have you seen my wife Elvira?
Ab Gm Eb Ab
She can tame a lion, you know
Ab Eb
Well, I once had a bushy mane
C B Bb
But that was so damn long ago
Eb Ab Fm
Tight-collared clowns in plastic buildings
Bb Eb Bb
Have happy families as their fate
Eb C Fm
Happy jobs and happy clubs
Fm Bb Eb Fm Eb
And happy people they hate
Ab Bb Eb
Everyone's juggling and everyone's acting
Ab Bb Eb
With smiles of grease paint three feet wide
Ab Bb Eb C
Everyone's caught on a carousel pony
Bb Cm Gm Ab Bb Eb
And one time around is a lifetime ride