Verse:
AbCmFmAbCm
Your grand dad left home for the circus. He was young just like me,
FmDbAbCmFmDb
with hope to explore. He married a girl in Virginia.
AbCmFmDbAb (etc)
She could swing the trapeze; they could sleep on the floor.
Bridge:
AbEb
when she stared at the world.
Chorus:
AbBbmCmDbBbm
So why do you leave these stories unfinished,
AbBbmCmDbBbm
my Cheshire cat doorstop with tears in her eyes?
AbBbmCmDbBbm
Why do you look when you've already found it?
AbBbmCmDbBbmAbBbmCmDbBbm (etc)
What did you find that could leave you walking by?
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