Dan’s Big Awesome Acoustic Songbook

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - Tears of a Clown

Originally in C#, I play in E

Vox mostly on the 5 and 6

Intro

EEE7E

Vox on 2 2 1 6 5 on “oh oh yeah yeah-eah”

EADAOh, yeah, Eyeah yeah, ADnow, Aif there’s a

Vox on the 5 on “smile” (and most of the song)

ESmile uApon my Dface, Ait’s only

EThere trying to Afool the Dpublic, Abut when it

EComes down to Afooling Dyou, Anow, honey

EThat’s quite a Adifferent Dsubject A

But don’t Elet my Aglad exDpression A

Give Eyou the Awrong imDpression, Areally

I’m Esad, ADoh sAadder than

ESad, Ayou’re Dgone, and I’m Ahurting so

EBad, Alike a cDlown I preAtend to be

GElad ADA

Vox still on the 5 of the key (now the 1 of the chord on “sad”, up to the b6 on “man”

Now, there’s some Bsad things known to G#7/Cman

Let ring on “than”

But ain’t C#mtoo much sadder Amaj7than the tears of a

Quiet, vox back on the 5 on “clown”

EClown when there’s no one a Eround, mm mm

EADAOh, yeah, Ebaby, ADnow, Aif

I ap Epear to Abe care-Dfree, it’s Aonly

To EcamouAflage my Dsadness, in Aorder

To Eshield my Apride I’ve Dtried, to Acover

This Ehurt with a Ashow of Dgladness A

But don’t Elet my Ashow conDvince you A

That EI’ve been Ahappy Dsince you, deAcided

To Ego ADoh, I Aneed you

ESo, AI’m Dhurt, and I Awant you to

EKnow, Abut for Dothers I Aput on a

SEhow, ADooh, Awhoa

Now, there’s some Bsad things known to G#7/Cman

But ain’t C#mtoo much sadder Amaj7than the tears of a

Quiet

EClown when there’s no one a Eround, mm mm

EJust Alike PagliDacci Adid

EI try to Akeep my Dsadness Ahid

ESmiling in the Apublic Deye A

But in my lEonely Aroom I Dcry the tAears of a

Quiet

EClown when there’s no one a Eround

EADAOh, yeah, Ebaby, ADnow, Aif there’s

A Esmile u Apon my Dface A

Don’t Elet my Aglad exDpression

AGive Eyou the Awrong imDpression A

Don’t Elet this Asmile I Dwear A

Make Eyou think that AI don’t Dcare, when Areally

I’m Esad ADAhurting so

EBadADA