The Tears Of A Clown Chords by Smokey Robinson

[Intro]

[Verse]
C# 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#7                      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
C#            
Really I'm sad


[Chorus]
B             C#      
Oh I'm sadder than sad
B                           C#    
You're gone and I'm hurtin' so bad
B              F#         C#     
Like a clown I pretend to be glad
    B            F#               G#    
Now there's some sad things known to man
                                   F7         A#m  
But ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown


[Verse]
     F#maj7         G#        C#
When there's no one around mm ■ 
C#7 B    C#        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
               F#    B                 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
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 G#
But there ain't too much sadder than the tears of a clown  ■ 
G#7                     G#     C# G#7    C#7 
■   When there's no one around ■  ■   oh yeah
          B         C#7               B7 B          
Just like Pagliacci did I try to keep my sadness hid
C#7        B             
Smiling in the public eye
C#                    F# B                  C#   
But in my lonely room I  cry the tears of a clown
C#7                 B           
■   When there's no ■ one around
C#          
Oh yeah baby
    B    C#7                   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#7                         B C#7     
Don't let this smile I wear ■ make you
B C# C#7 B C#7 C#
■ ■  ■   ■ ■   ■