INTRO: Ab Gm Ab Gm Fm Gm Dm Cm G Cm


#1.
Eb            Gm                      Eb
I'll make you laugh when you're blue, that way 
      Gm
I can be close to you.
Ab              Bb                     Ab
From the start, I play the part, while I make you 
              Bb
laugh someone else fills your heart.


CHORUS:
Ab                         Fm                  Cm
That's the way of a clown..that's the way of a clown.
Fm                   Cm    G                   Cm
It's the part I must play, that's the way of a clown.


#2.
Eb            Gm                Eb              Gm
I laugh, with tears in my eyes, like a clown, I wear 

a disguise.
Ab                  Bb                 Ab 
Can't let you know, I love you so, you love someone else, 
   Bb
so on with the show.


CHORUS:
Ab                         Fm                  Cm
That's the way of a clown..that's the way of a clown.
Fm                   Cm    G                   Cm
It's the part I must play, that's the way of a clown.


#3.
Fm                 Cm       Fm
In my heart I keep praying, that some day you'll come 
   Cm
to me.
       Fm       Eb       Ab        Bb        G
But as I masquerade, I'm afraid it never can be..pity me.



CHORUS:
Ab                         Fm                  Cm
That's the way of a clown..that's the way of a clown.
Fm                   Cm    G                   Cm
It's the part I must play, that's the way of a clown.



INTERLUDE: Fm Dm Gm Fm Cm Dm Cm



OUTRO:
Gm                         Eb Cm Gm Ab G
That's the way of a clown...............(Fade.)