---(capo 2nd fret)--- 
 
(verse 1) 
C        Am           C 
See the funny little clown, 
         Am         C       Am - C - Am 
See him laughing as you walk by, 
C     Am               C 
Everybody thinks he's happy, 
       Am             C           Am - C 
Cause you never see a tear in his eye,  
 
(bridge) 
F                   Fm 
No one knows he's crying, 
                           C 
No one knows he's dying on the inside, 
                             C7  
Cause he's laughing on the outside, 
F            G - C 
No one knows,    no one knows, 
 
(verse 2) 
C        Am            C 
See the funny little clown, 
     Am       C       Am - C - Am 
He's hiding behind a smile, 
 C                    Am 
They all think he's laughing, 
       C                Am     C       Am - C 
But I know he's really crying all the while, 
 
(bridge) 
F                       Fm 
How his heart is aching, 
                              C 
How his heart is breaking on the inside, 
                              C7 
But he keeps laughing on the outside, 
F            G - C 
No one knows,    no one knows, 
 
(ending) 
       F  
This funny little clown, 
                  Fm 
You never used to see him around, 
                   C      C7             C     C7  
Without his girl beside him to love and guide him, 
  F                          Fm 
Until one day his girl just walked away, 
             C 
And to this very day, 
                            C7 
He says he never loved her anyway, 
    F            G  Em7          Am   
And no one knows,  except for me, 
  F             G 
Because you see, 
                        C - Am - C 
I'm that funny little clown, 
         Am            C 
See the funny little clown,