Abandon Your Town - Clown

      (The majority of the song is played by picking an arpeggio
of the chord using strings 4, 3, and 1 every 1/4 note:)

e|--1---1---1---1-|--1---1---1---1-|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|-2---2---2---2--|-2---2---2---2--|
D|3---3---3---3---|0---0---0---0---|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

{You can also simply strum strings 4-1 with
your thumb if picking that fast is tricky)

[Intro]
F       Dm      F       Dm
F       Dm      F       Dm
Ooooh   ooh-o-o,oooh-   ooo
F       Dm      F       Dm
Ooooh   ooh-o-o,oooh-   ooo

[Verse]
F       Dm           F             Dm
Hey     you will you be my darling true
       F              Dm            G          F       Dm
We can go to the carnival where I can play the clown
       F            Dm          F              Dm
We can go play some darts maybe I can hit your heart
        F           Dm           G             F       Dm
With my clown       jokes and my tacky balloon art.

[Chorus]
       F              C         G              D
But it seems my silly games are always wearing thin
      F                  C      D             N.C.
Cause nice guys finish last and I’m way nicer than them.

Dm       F        Dm

[Verse]
    F                Dm
Now just to make you laugh
    F                Dm
I’d fall right on my ass
       F         Dm    G              F      Dm
It’s a mirror image of what my life entails
     F                Dm   F                  Dm          
I’ll make some stupid joke before my emotions choke
F                Dm      G     F       Dm
Before I let you see the shape I’m in.

[Chorus]
F                     C         G              D
But it seems my silly games are always wearing thin
F                         C      G             D
Cause nice guys finish last and I’m way nicer than them.

[Interlude]
Dm      F       Dm
F       Dm      F       Dm
Ooooh   ooh-o-o,oooh-   ooo
F       Dm      F       Dm
Ooooh   ooh-o-o,oooh-   ooo
F       Dm      F       Dm
Ooooh   ooooooh,oooh-ho-ooo
F       Dm      F           N.C
                1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, hey!
F       Dm      F       Dm

[Verse]
    F                 Dm       F                   Dm
The reason I chose to clown is nothing that profound
  F                 Dm          G      F       Dm
I tried to fill the gap when my father passed
    F             Dm              F             Dm
And just like any tortured mind I tried to hide what is confined
       F          Dm     G                F        Dm
With a joke and a toke I let my life slip by

[Chorus]
F                     C         G              D
But it seems my silly games are always wearing thin
F                         C      G             D
Cause nice guys finish last and I’m way nicer than them.

[Outro]
F
I chose my knife
F
I chose my own life
F
Take it or leave it I’m a clown.
F
So hey you will you be my darling true
F
We can go to the carnival and I'll can play the clown.