Intro:
C C F C
C C G
C C F C
C G C
C F
Ilsa was an acrobat who went and fell in love with that
Am G C
Horatio the human cannonball.
C F
A weddin' 'neath the big top tent with barkers clowns and elephants
Am G C
Sideshow family oddities and all.
F Am G
The dog-faced boy howled out with joy
Dm C G
As the tattooed lady was crying.
C G Am F
Ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning
C G C
It takes all kinds of kinds.
C F
Thomas was a congressman with closets full of skeletons
Am G C
And dresses that he wore on Friday nights.
C F
Phyllis was a pharmacist, a dab of that, a pinch of this
Am G C
Concocted to suppress her appetite.
F Am G
When the children were fiddlin' she'd slip 'em some Ritalin
Dm C G
And wait for Thomasina to arrive.
C G Am F
Cause ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning
C G Am F
It takes all kinds of kinds. -All kinds of kinds-
C G C
All kinds of kinds.
Solo:
C F C | C G |
C F C | C G | C |
C F
When I play this old guitar from children's shows to smoky bars
Am G C
I take a break and think about the past.
C F
When I stood up in geometry and everybody stared at me
Am G C
And I tossed my test into the trash.
F Am G
I scratched off my number while hitching out under
Dm C G
That bush league population sign.
C G Am F
Ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning
C G C
It takes all kinds of kinds.
F Am G
Now some point a finger and let ignorance linger
Dm C G F C Dm
If they'd look in the mirror they'd find.
C G Am F
That ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning
C G Am F
It takes all kinds of kinds. -All kinds of kinds-
C G Am F
All kinds of kinds. -All kinds of kinds-
C G C
All kinds of kinds.
Outro:
C F C | C G |
C F C | C G | C |
