Class Clown chords

Class Clown

• Intro

Note: the entire song progression is a  D5 (notes D and A) played over a bass note walking pattern.
The pattern of notes is G C B A F E Eb D, and the exceptions are always just a repeat of G C B A or F E Eb D.
These chords use those notes where possible but have been adapted for playability and UG formatting limits.
For beginners, UG's simplify feature helps. Or you can substitute with the chords G, C, Am, F, Ebdim, and D.

Intro
Gsus2 C6   Gsus2/B  Am7
F6    C6/E Ebdim    D5

Verse 1
Gsus2     C6        Gsus2/B    Am7
  Growing up didn't go how I'd liked
  F6          C6/E           Ebdim       D5
It twists and turns like the limbs of a pine
Gsus2       Gsus2/B C6
  Trying to grow on earth that writhes
  Gsus2   Gsus2/B      C6
And do it all with the biggest smile
Gsus2     C6sus2         Gsus2/B    C6
  Half my friends barely know who I am
          F6        C6/E            Ebdim
And there's none at fault, put this on singing
D5      Gsus2   Gsus2/B       C6
Men don't wanna hear that I'm trailer trash
      Gsus2  Gsus2/B   C6
It's a heavy topic for crystal glass

Chorus
F6                 C6/E
  Everything comes back around
  Ebdim               D5
I still feel like the class clown
F6                 C6/E
  Everything comes back around
  Ebdim              Gsus4/D G/D
I still feel like the class   clown

Interlude
Gsus2 C6   Gsus2/B   Am7
F6    C6/E Ebdim     D5

Verse 2
Gsus2       C6               Gsus2/B       Am7
  Take your pick, be laughed at or laughed with
         F6     C6/E      Ebdim      D5
I learned early on either way, it's a shit stick
Gsus2      C6         Gsus2/B              Gsus2
  While my father was barreling fists, I was
         Gsus2/B     C6
Laughing all the way through it
   Gsus2    C6           Gsus2/B         Am7
And now the blondies are clutching their ribs
       F6      C6/E         Ebdim     D5
From my latest joke from my old bag of tricks
   Gsus2         Gsus2/B   C6               Gsus2   Gsus2/B    C6
But there's this beautiful moment in it where I can sorta just vanish

Chorus
F6                 C6/E
  Everything comes back around
  Ebdim               D5
I still feel like the class clown
F6                 C6/E
  Everything comes back around
  Ebdim              Gsus2/D G/D
I still feel like the class clown
F6                 C6/E
  Everything is over now
  Ebdim               D5
I still feel like the class clown
F6               C6/E
  Like if I get older now
   Ebdim                    D5
I'll let my younger version down
F6              C6/E
  And if I stop laughing
        Ebdim               D5
All the blood will just start pouring out
      F6                C6/E
'Cause everything comes back around
  Ebdim               D5
I still feel like the class clown
F6   F6/E
Ah
F6   F6/E
Mm-mm

Bridge
   Gsus2   C6         Gsus2/B Am7
Been tryna talk to my sister about it
   F6      C6/E         Ebdim      D5
We joke a million jokes through the phone
Gsus4
Nothing funny about that home
   Gsus2
But her and I, we already know

Chorus
F6                 C6/E
  Everything comes back around
  Ebdim               D5
I still feel like the class clown
F6                 C6/E
  Everything comes back around
  Ebdim              Gsus2/D G/D
I still feel like the class clown

Outro
 G                F6/A         G                     F6/A
(Everything comes back around, everything comes back around)
 G                      Gsus2             G           F6/A
(Everything comes back around, everything comes back around)
   F6 F6/E         F6                               F6/E
(Mm-mm) Everything comes back, everything comes back

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