The Tears Of A Clown Chords by Smokey Robinson

[Start]

[Verse]
G#7 C# B    C#             B
■   ■  ■ Oh yeah yeah yeah ■
       C#                 B      
Now if there's a smile on my face
C#                        B              
It's only there trying to fool the public
    C#                    B          
But when it comes down to fooling you
C#        C#7    C#      B                
Now honey that's quite a different subject
C#               B               C#                 B         
But don't let my glad expression give you the wrong impression


[Chorus]
C#            
Really I'm sad
B             C#      
Oh I'm sadder than sad
B                           C#    
You're gone and I'm hurtin' so bad
B            F#           C# B   
Like a clown I pretend to be glad
F# G#                                      
■  Now there's some sad things known to man


[Verse]
F7        A#m                      C#         G#   
But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown
C#              B     C#       
When there's no ■ one around mm
             B
Oh yeah baby ■
    C#                B                  C#            B         
Now if I appear to be carefree it's only to camouflage my sadness
         C#           B                         C#                       B       
In order to shield my pride I've tried to cover this hurt with a show of gladness
C#                                
But don't let my show convince you
C#                                          
That I've been happy since you decided to go


[Chorus]
     F#   B   C#
Oh I need you so
    B               C#         
I'm hurt and I want you to know
F#      B            C#       
But for others I put on a show
    B  F#      G#                          
Ooh ah there's some sad things known to man
    A#m                  F#maj7                     C#    G#
But there ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown ■ 
                C#  G#     G#7 C#  
When there's no one around oh  yeah
C#7           C#        B   C#7           B          C# 
■   Just like Pagliacci did I try to keep my sadness hid
        B                
Smiling in the public eye
C#                                              
But in my lonely room I cry the tears of a clown
                C#7 C# B     C#    
When there's no ■   ■  ■ one around
        B     
Oh yeah ■ baby
       C#                    F#   B
Now if there's a smile on my face ■
C#           B                    C#            B         
Don't let my glad expression give you the wrong impression
C#                   B      C#      
Don't let this smile I wear make you
B C# B C#
■ ■  ■ ■