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Death Of A Clown by The Kinks - Guitar Chords

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Version 1 Version 2 Version 4

            [Little G Lick] (repeated whenever going from a G to a C)

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[Intro]

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G

    C                      G          G7
My makeup is dry and it cracks on my chin
     F                      C          G
I'm drowning my sorrows in whiskey and gin
     C                         G       G7
The lion tamer's whip doesn't crack anymore
      F                            C           G
The lions they won't bite and the tigers won't roar


[Pre-Chorus]

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G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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 F       Dm       Bb      Eb
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la


[Chorus]
     Dm                        C          G
So let's go and drink to the death of a clown
  C                       G             G7
Won't someone help me to break up this crown
 F                        C         G
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
 F       Dm       Bb      Eb
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
 Dm                        C         G
Let's all drink to the death of a clown


[Verse 2]
(really soft vocal part)

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     C                        G           G7
The old fortune-teller lies dead on the floor
 F                      C      G
Nobody needs fortunes told anymore
 C                           G              G7
The trainer of insects is crouched on his knees
      F                      C        G
And frantically looking for runaway fleas


[Pre-Chorus]

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B|-6--6-8-------6--6-10-8----------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 F       Dm       Bb      Eb
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la


[Chorus]
     Dm                        C          G
So let's go and drink to the death of a clown
  C                       G             G7
Won't someone help me to break up this crown
 F                        C         G
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
 F       Dm       Bb      Eb
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
 Dm                        C         G
Let's all drink to the death of a clown


[Outro]
C                 G
La la-la-la la-la-la la-la-la
F                 C        G
La la-la-la la-la-la la-la-la

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G|-----------12--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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(repeat and fade) 
        

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