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The Funnymans Smile by Michael McCormic Jr.
The Funnymans Smile
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: D
[Intro]
F#7 G A D
F#7 G Gm D
[Verse 1]
Bm G A
Funnyman, doing the best he can
G Gm D F# G A D
To keep us smiling even when his heart is low.
Bm G A
Peter Pan grown up into a man,
G Gm D A
Do you believe that you can fly if lost boys tell you so?
D G
Euphegenia, truth, a mask still speaks.
D A
Says, “I’m not who you think I am.”
D Bm
Stand on your desk, reciting poetry,
G A7
And I’ll salute to you, my captain.
[Chorus]
D G A
Funny Man, were you alone?
D
Did the world just keep you crying?
Bm Em A
Funny Man, was nobody there to hold you close
D E
And wipe away your tears?
G A
Doctors make the worst patients,
D Bm
Drunk bartenders are few.
G A
The pipes are clogged in the plumber’s house
D Bm
When the mortgage bill come due.
G A
And I can’t help but wonder
D Bm
If it was true for you as well.
G A
If watching everybody smile
D Bm
Was a special kind of hell.
G F#7
‘Cause, you could make the world
Bm E
Forget its problems for a while
G A
But who was there to make
D F#7 G Gm D
The funnyman smile?
[Verse 2]
Bm G A
Dr. Patch, making the children laugh
G Gm D F#7 G A
Because when life’s a game, reality’s your canvas.
D Bm G A
Well, it’s a game for those who seek to find a way to leave the world behind.
G Gm D A
You’re only given one little spark of madness.
D G
Nanu, Nanu, fly away, be free.
D A
We’ll get by knowing you’re not gone.
D Bm
'Cause you'll still live within the silver screen.
G Em7 A7
The radio still echoes, “Good morning, Vietnam!”
[Chorus]
D G
Oh, Funny Man, were you alone?
A D Bm
Did the world just keep you crying?
Em A
Funny Man, with nobody there to hold you close
D E
And wipe away your tears?
G A
Well, maybe I’m over the worst of it,
F# Bm
Maybe I’m only an idiot.
G F# B
Maybe the it’s all just as good as you made me believe.
Em A
But maybe it’s over before it begins.
D Bm
And maybe we’re paying for each other’s sins.
G F# Bm F#7
Maybe the world is a place we should all want to leave.
[Instrumental}
Bm E Bm E G A D Bm E Em A
D Bm Em A D A D G D A D
Bm G A
[Chorus]
D G
Oh, Funny Man, were you alone?
A F# Bm
Did the world just keep you crying?
Em A
Funny Man, with nobody there to hold you close
D E
And wipe away your tears?
G A
Well, I had a dream I was trapped in a cave
D Bm
With nothing but a magic lamp.
G A
I polished its side, and out you came,
Bm
Gold shackles around your hands.
G A D Bm
You said son, I think there’s something people like you and me should know.
G A D Bm
Life is more than empty jokes and putting on a show.
G F#7 Bm E
‘Cause you can make the world smile, and get nothing in return.
G A D Bm
And in the end you find that what you give is what they think you’re worth.
G A D Bm
Then you offered me three wishes, but I saw only one worth while.
G F#7 B
I said, "I want the chance to make the funnyman smile."
Em A D
Oh, give me a chance, a chance to show you,
[Chorus]
G
Funny Man, you’re not alone
A F#7 Bm
No, even when you’re crying
Em
I’ll be there to hold you close
A D E
And tell you everything will be alright.
G A
'Cause doctors still need checkups,
D A Bm
Bartenders need a drink or two.
G A
The funnyman, still needs to smile
D Bm
And these days, I do, too.
G A
'Cause all the times you made me smile,
D Bm
Now they feel a little colder.
G A
To know that when life knocked you down,
D Bm
You cried on your own shoulder.
G F#7
'Cause you could make the world
Bm E
Forget its problems for a while.
G A Bm E
But who was there to make you smile?
G A D F# G
Tell me who was there to make the Funnyman smile?
Gm D
Oh, to make the Funnyman smile.
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