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Eric Clapton – Circus

These known chords are used in this song.

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Transpose

 
(Amaj7 = x06650, Amaj7  
2 
= x02120,  
C 
#m7 = x46454,  
Cdim 
= 
 
x3424x
 
has  
G#7 
= 
 
464544)
 
Amaj7 
Little man with his  
B/A 
eyes on fire  
Cdim 
 
And his smile so  
C#m7 
bright 
 
 
B7 
 
Amaj7 
In his hands are the  
B/A 
toys you gave  
Cdim 
 
That fill his heart with de
C#m7 
light 
 
 
B7 
 
Amaj7 
In 
 
 
A 
ring stands  
A 
 
B/A 
circus clown  
Cdim 
 
Holding up  
A 
 
C#m7 
light 
 
 
B7 
 
Amaj7 
What you see and  
B/A 
what you hear  
Cdim 
 
Will last you the rest of your  
C#m7 
life 
 
 
B7 
Missing square bracket in line:

[Amaj72]] It’s sad, so sad [B7]

 
Cdim 
There aint no easy way  
C#m7 
round 
 
 
B7 
Missing square bracket in line:

[Amaj72]] It’s sad, so sad [G#7]

 
Bmin7 
All your friends gather  
Amaj7 
round
 
‘Cause the  
Dmaj7 
circus left town  
Amaj7 

Little man with his heart so pure

And his love so fine

Stick with me and I’ll ride with you

Till the end of the line

Hold my hand and I’ll walk with you

Through the darkest night

When I smile I’ll be thinking of you

And everything will be alright

The picking technique is 4 bar repeating cycle which for the most part

 
concentrates on the middle 4 strings, except when playing  
G#7 
. 
 
Each

vertical line represents one bar, each bar has 2 beats which are clearly

marked by the thumb and middle finger. The index finger only appears on

half beats.

Key: t = thumb

i = index finger

m = middle finger

 
E 
|—-|—-|—-|—-|
B 
|–m-|–m-|–m-|–m-|
G 
|—-|-i–|—i|-i–| Use this configuration for all chords except.
D 
|–t-|–t-|–t-|–t-| the  
G#7 
chord.
A 
|t—|t—|t—|t—|
E 
|—-|—-|—-|—-|
E 
|—-|—-|—-|—-|
B 
|–m-|–m-|–m-|–m-|
G 
|—-|-i–|—i|-i–| Use the configuration for the  
G#7 
chord.
D 
|–t-|–t-|–t-|–t-|
A 
|—-|—-|—-|—-|
E 
|t—|t—|t—|t—|

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