Recorded in '75 by Collins (and since by many others)
it's considered a Jazz standard.
Verse 1
[F] [G7] [C] [F] [G7] [C]
Is...n't it rich? Aren't we a pair?
[G7] [C] [G7] [C] [C7] [F]
Me here at last on the ground, and you in mid-air...
[Dm] [F] [C] [Dm] [F] [C]
Send in the clowns.
Verse 2
[F] [G7] [C] [F] [G7] [C]
Is...n't it bliss? Don't you approve?
[G7] [C] [G7] [C] [C7] [F]
One who keeps tear..ing around, and one who can't move.
[Dm] [F] [C] [Dm] [F] [G7] [C]
But where are the clowns? Send in the clowns.
Chorus
[B7] [Em] [Am7] [Em]
Just when I stopped opening doors,
[B7] [Em] [Am] [Em] [Am7]
finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours..
[Em] [D7] [Em] [D7]
Making my entrance again with my usual flair,
[Am7] [Em7] [Dm7] [G7]
sure of my lines...no one is there.
Verse 3
[F] [G7] [C] [F] [G7] [C]
Don't you love farce? My fault, I fear..
[G7] [C] [G7] [C] [CM7] [C7] [F]
I thought that you'd want what I want...sorry my dear.
[Dm] [F] [G7] [Dm] [F] [G7] [C]
But where are the clowns? Quick, send in the clowns.
[Dm] [F] [G7] [C]
Don't bother, they're here.
Verse 4
[F] [G7] [C] [F] [G7] [C]
Is...n't it rich? Is..n't it queer?
[G7] [C] [G7] [C] [CM7] [C7] [F]
Los..ing my tim..ing this late in my career?
[Dm] [F] [G7] [Dm] [F] [G7] [C]
But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns...
[Dm] [F] [G7] [C]
Well, maybe..next..year.
A seventies smash from Kraziekhat.
