D D/C D/B D/A
E7 A7 D
D D/C D/B D/A
E7 A7 D
[Chorus]
D E7
Ringling, Ringling, slippin' away
G D
Only forty people livin' there today
D E7
Streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
G A7 D
It's a dyin' little town
[Verse 1]
D E7
Church window's broken, that place ain't been used in years
G A7 D A7
Jail don't have a sheriff or a cell
D E7
And electric trains, they run by maybe once or twice a month
G A7 D A7
Easin' it on down to Mussel Shell
[Chorus]
D E7
Ringling, Ringling, slippin' away
G D
Only forty people livin' there today
D E7
'Cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
G A7 D
It's a dyin' little town
[Bridge]
A
And across from the bar there's a pile of beer cans
D
Been there twenty seven years
E7 A7
Imagine all the heartaches and tears in twenty seven years of beer
[Verse 2]
D E7
So we hopped back in the rent-a-car and we hit the cruise control
G A7 D
Pretty soon the town was out of sight
D E7
But we left behind a fat barmaid, a cowboy and a dog
G A7 D
Bracin' for a Ringling Friday night
[Chorus]
D E7
Ringling, Ringling, you're just slippin' away
G D
I wonder how many people will be there a year from today
D E7
'Cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
G A7 D
It's a dyin' little town
E7 A7 D
Yeah, it's a dyin' little town
[Outro]
(D) D/C D/B D/A
E7 A7 D
