[Intro]
N.C.
YO what's up this is G.love comin' at 'ya live out here from
N.C.
California even though I'm Philly born in Brett And i got my man
N.C.
Jack Johnson in the studio today we just got outta surf my
N.C.
man Jack tell 'em what time it is
 
C#m F#  A   Ab
 
 
[Verse]
C#m
Sweepin' the floors,
 
Open up the doors yeah,
F#
Turn on the lights, gettin' ready for the night
A                                                      Ab
Nobody's romancin' 'cuz it's too early for dancin' but here comes
 
the music
C#m
bright lights flashin to cover up your lack
F#
so many people so many problems so many reasons
A
nother round, drink it down
                          Ab
just another night on the town
         C#m
with the big man, money man better than the other man
F#
he got the plan with the million dollars give a damn
A
when nobody understands, he'll become a smaller man
    Ab
the bright lights keep flashin man the women keep on dancin
 
 
[Chorus]
         C#m                  A
with the clowns yeah yeah yeah
                    F#            Ab
pick me up when i'm down yeah yeah
          C#m                   A
the rodeo clowns yeah yeah yeah
                    F#             Ab
pick me up when i'm down yeah yeah
 
 
[Verse]
C#m
The disco ball spinnin all the music and the women and the
F#
shots of tequila man the'll say that they need ya
A
but what they really need,
          Ab
is just a little room to breathe
      C#m                                           F#
teeny boppin disco queen she barely understands her dreams
 
of belly button rings and other kids of things
A
symbolic of change but the thing that is strange is that the
Ab
changes occoured and now she's just a part of the
 
 
[Chorus]
C#m                 A
herd yeah yeah yeah
                       F#         Ab
man i thought that you heard yeah yeah
              C#m                 A
the changes occured yeah yeah yeah
                       F#         Ab
man i thought that you heard yeah yeah
 
 
[Verse]
C#m
lights out shut down late night wet ground
F#
you walk by, look at him but he can't look at you yeah
A
you might fell pity but he only feels the ground because
Ab
you understand moods but he only knows let down
C#m                               F#
by the coner there's another one, reachin' out a hand comin
                         A
from a broken man, well, you try to live,
                         Ab                       C#m A
but he's done tryin, not dead but definetly dyin'
                     F#          Ab         C#m A
with the rest of the clowns yeah yeah cmon
                     F#          Ab
with the rest of the clowns yeah yeah cmon
 
 
[Solo]
C#m A   F#  Ab
C#m A   F#  Ab
C#m A   F#  Ab
C#m A   F#
C#m A   F#  Ab
C#m A   F#  Ab
 
 
[Chorus]
          C#m                   A
the rodeo clowns yeah yeah yeah
                    F#             Ab
pick me up when i'm down yeah yeah
          C#m                   A
the rodeo clowns yeah yeah yeah
                    F#             Ab
pick me up when i'm down yeah yeah
 
 
[Outro]
C#m
sweepin the floors, open up the doors yeah
F#
turn on the lights, gettin ready for the night
A                                                    Ab
nobody's romancin cuz it's too early for dancin, but here
 
comes the music