Trapeze


From the Album: Children Running Through (Capo 3) G C G Little pink dress, hanging by her knees C G Just overhead on the old trapeze C G Em In the old tent tonight, spotlight going round D C G One of these nights the old girl's going down D G Hallelujah, the old girl's going down G She started with us on the back of a horse C G Just seventeen and already divorced C G Em She took to the air with the greatest of ease D C G Like she was born to be gliding on the old trapeze C G Some people don't care if they live or they die D G Some people want to know what it feels like to fly C Em D Gather their courage and they give it a try G Some guy broke her heart and how her heart it did ache C G So she went to the tent of the lady of the snakes C G Em Who gave her a potion and she drank it in D C G After that her heart never ached again D G After that her heart never ached again C G Some people don't care if they live or they die D G Some people want to know what it feels like to fly C Em Gather their courage and they give it a try D Fall under the wheels of a time goin' by G C G Little pink dress, hanging by her knees C G Just overhead on the old trapeze C G Em In the old tent tonight, spotlight going round D C G One of these nights the old girl's going down D C G Yeah. one of these nights the old girl's going down (x3) D C G Ha----le----e----e (x3) D Hallelujah Hallelujah etc