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Send In The Clowns

Blossom Dearie

JazzAdvanced for beginners10 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
A7×
D××
D7××
Em7
C#7Diagram coming soon
F#m7Diagram coming soon
Bm7Diagram coming soon
F#mDiagram coming soon
E7

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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G    A7       D      G    A7    D 
Isn't it rich?  Aren't we a pair 
A7  D       A7   D                  D7         G 
Me here at last on the ground, and you in mid-air 
Em7    G       D        Em7 G D 
Send in the clowns 
G    A7       D      G    A7      D 
Isn't it bliss?  Don't you approve 
A7  D         A7      D               D7            G 
One who keeps tearing around, and one who can't move 
 Em7    G             D       Em7     G    A7      D 
But where are the clowns?  Send in the clowns 
Bridge 
 C#7         F#m7    Bm7     F#m7 
Just when I stopped opening doors 
 C#7     F#m7        Bm7         F#m7         Bm7 
Finally knowing the one that I wanted was yours 
F#m        E7                    F#m7    E7 
Making my entrance again with my usual flair 
Bm7         F#m7    Em7        A7 
Sure of my lines  no one is there 
G     A7         D      G   A7      D 
Don't you love farce?  My fault, I fear 
A7  D          A7     D       D7M       D7        G 
I thought that you'd want what I wantsorry my dear 
     Em7    G         A7            Em7  G  A7    D 
But where are the clowns?  Quick, send in the clowns 
   Em7    G       A7     D 
Don't bother, they're here 
G     A7      D     G   A7      D 
Isn't it rich?  Isn't it queer 
A7    D       A7    D       D7M  D7        G 
Losing my timing this late in my career 
     Em7    G        A7            Em7  G  A7    D 
But where are the clowns? There ought to be clowns 
 Em7       G     A7   D 
Well, maybe next year 
          
 

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Chord set

G · A7 · D · D7 · Em7 · C#7 · F#m7 · Bm7 · F#m · E7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.