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                                Artist - Mary Black
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                                 Song - The Circus
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                           Album - Circus - Album (1995)
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                               Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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Tuning = Standard


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CAPO: 1st Fret
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INTRO
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C   Dm7
C   Dm7
C

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VERSE 1
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                   Dm7       C
The sky collapsed around us
                   Dm7    C
You didn't seem to care
                         Dm7         C
I hailed you through the raindrops
                 Dm7     C   Dm7   C
You weren't even there


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VERSE 2
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                  Dm7         C
I juggle with the breakfast
                    Dm7      C
You fret behind the sheets
                 Dm7         C
I want you to be steadfast
                 Dm7
You want to be released


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CHORUS
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C                      Cmaj7
Oh, my pretty darling
      F
Where did we go astray?
  C                     G
Ohh, my pretty darling
                    C
I thought you'd come to stay


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BDA K
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C  Cmaj7   Dm7   G7

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VERSE 3
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C                            Cmaj7    Dm7
We're all dollied up for the circus
             G
Oh, isn't it grand?
      C                        Cmaj7          Dm7
We're laughing and jumping and kissing, yeah
                  G
We're beating the band


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VERSE 4
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        C                  Dm7       C
I've got no more smiles to win you
                       Dm7    C
No tricks to turn your head
                    Dm7     C
When love cannot continue
                       Dm7
There's not much to be said


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CHORUS
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C                      Cmaj7
Oh, my pretty darling
      F
Where did we go astray?
  C                     G
Ohh, my pretty darling
                    C
I thought you'd come to stay


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BDA K
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C  Cmaj7   Dm7   G7

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VERSE 5
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     C                         Cmaj7    Dm7
It's all cut and thrust at the circus
               G
And baby makes three
       C                      Cmaj7      Dm7
You're twisting my words into serpents
               G
I'm down on my knees


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CHORUS
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C                      Cmaj7
Oh, my pretty darling
      F
Where did we go astray?
  C                     G
Ohh, my pretty darling
                    C          Dm7
I thought you'd come to stay
                    C          Dm7
I thought you'd come to stay
                    C          Dm7   C
I thought you'd come to stay