Chords:
{t: 1941 }
{key: A}
{artist:Harry Nilsson}
Harry Nilsson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89hX5QvmZSU - capo on 1
Intro: [Bb7] [A7] - ie last line of verse 1
{C:}
Well in [D7] nineteen-forty [G] one a happy [C7] father had a [A] son
And by [D7] nineteen-forty [G] four the father [C7] walks right out the [A] door
And in [D7] forty [G] five the mom and [C7] son were still a-[A]live
But [Bb7] who could tell in forty six if the [A7] two were to survive
{C:}
Well the [D7] years were passing [G] quickly,
but not [C7] fast enough for [A] him
So he [D7] closed his eyes through [G] fifty five,
then he [C7] opened them up [A] again
Then he [D7] looked around he [G] saw a clown
and the [C7] clown seemed very [A] gay
And he [Bb7] set that night to join that circus [A7] clown and run away
{C:}
Well allololo la diddy etc (chords as per verse above)
{C:}
Well he [D7] followed every [G] railroad track and [C7] every highway [A] sign
And he [D7] had a girl in [G] each new town
and the [C7] towns he left be-[A]hind
And the [D7] open [G] road was the [C7] only road that he [A] knew
But the [Bb7] color of his dreams was slowly [A7] turning into blue
{C:}
Then he [D7] met a girl, the [G] kind of girl he [C7] wanted all his [A] life
She was [D7] soft and kind and [G] good to him,
so he [C7] took her for a [A] wife
And they [D7] got a house not [G] far from town and [C7] in a little [A] while
The [Bb7] girl had seen the doctor and she [A7] came home with a smile
{C:}
Now in [D7] nineteen-sixty [G] one a happy [C7] father had a [A] son
And by [D7] nineteen-sixty [G] four the father [C7] walked right out the [A] door
And in [D7] sixty [G] five the mom and [C7] son were still a-[A]round
But [Bb7] what will happen to the boy when the [A7] circus comes to town
Well allololo la diddy etc (chords as per verse) fading
