xGoodbye Cruel World:James Darren.
#3 in 1961.
INTRO:
B E F#
Goodbye cruel world(x2)
#1.
F# B G#m C#m F#
Oh, goodbye cruel world, I'm off to join the circus.
B G#m C#m F#
Gonna be a broken-hearted clown.
B E
Paint my face with a good-for-nothin' smile,
B F#
cause a mean, fickle woman, turned my whole world
B B E F#
upside down. (Goodbye cruel world.)
#2.
B G#m C#m F#
Farewell to love, I'm off to join the circus.
B G#m C#m F#
Gotta find, a way to hide my tears.
B E
Bet I'll have them rolling in the aisle,
B F# B
and I'll forget that woman, if it takes a hundred years.
B E B
Goodbye cruel world.
CHORUS:
B7 Eb7 G#m
Oh, oh, oh, step right up and take a look at a fool.
Eb7 G#m
He's got a heart as stubborn as a mule.
C#7 F#
C'mon everybody, he's good for a laugh.
G# C# C#7
And no one could tell his heart is broken in half.
#3.
C#7 B G#m C#m F#
Well, the joke's on me, I'm off to join the circus.
F# B G#m C#m F#
Oh, Mr. Barnum, save a place for me.
B E
Shoot me out of a cannon, I don't care.
B E
Let the people point at me and stare.
E B E
I'll tell the world that woman, wherever she may be,
B E F# B
that mean, fickle woman, made a cryin' clown outta me.
B E F#
(Goodbye cruel world.)
(INTERLUDE:)
#4.
B E
Shoot me out of a cannon, I don't care.
B E
Let the people point at me and stare.
E B E
I'll tell the world that woman, wherever she may be,
B E F# B
that mean, fickle woman, made a cryin' clown outta me.
OUTRO:
B E F#
Goodbye cruel world(x4)(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.