SEND IN THE CLOWNS

LEVEL 3C · 69 BPM · Stephen Sondheim
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TAKE IT OFF THE SCREEN

Print the sheet for the piano stand, or load the MIDI into any app and practise at your own tempo.

HOW TO PLAY

  1. 1Put your right thumb on middle C. Most beginner songs stay under five fingers — you never move your hand.
  2. 2Set the speed down and turn CLICK on. Press each key exactly when the note reaches the line.
  3. 3Loop the bar that keeps breaking until it feels easy, then add the left hand and take the speed back up.

LYRICS

(F)Is n’t it (C)rich?

(F)Are we a (C)pair?

Me here at (Cmaj7)last on the ground,

you in mid (F)air...

Send in the (C)clowns.

(F)Is n’t it (C)bliss?

(F)Don’t you ap (C)prove?

(F)One who keeps (Cmaj7)tear ing a round,

one who can’t (F)move...

Where are the (C)clowns?

(F)Send in the (C)clowns.

(G)Just when I (Em)stopped

(Bm)o pen ing (Em)doors,

(Bm)fi nal ly (Em)know ing the one that I want ed was (Am)yours.

(E)Mak ing my (Am7)en trance a (D)gain with my (Dm)u su al (Esus)flair,

(Fm)sure of my (Em)lines,

no one is (C)there.

(F)Don’t you love (C)farce?

(F)My fault, I (C)fear.

I thought that (Cmaj7)you’d want what I want.

Sor ry, my (F)dear.

But where are the (C)clowns?

There (F)ought to be (C)clowns.

Quick, (F)send in the (C)clowns.

What a sur (Em)prise!

(Bm)Who could fore (Em)see

(Bm)I’d come to (Em)feel a bout you what you felt a bout (Am)me?

(E)Why on ly (Am7)now when I (D)see that you’ve (Dm)drift ed a (Esus)way?

(Fm)What a sur (Em)prise...

What a cli (C)ché...

(F)Is n’t it (C)rich,

(F)is n’t it (C)queer,

los ing my (Cmaj7)tim ing this late want.

in my ca (F)reer?

And where are the (C)clowns?

Quick, (F)send in the (C)clowns.

Don’t (F)both er, they’re (C)clowns.

What a sur (C)here.

SONG INFO

Level
3 of 5
Key
C
Tempo
69 BPM
Plays
11
Category
Musical/Soundtrack
Artist
Stephen Sondheim

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