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Circus

Lenny Kravitz

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			Circus - Lenny Kravitz
					Album - Circus
				Tabbed by Frederic Maquet
					f.maquet@ic.ac.uk

For more tabs go to:
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/3224/guitar.html

I was hoping someone would tab this song, but no one did, so I
had to do it.  I think it's one of his best ones.


Hard (ish) chords:
C#maj7:  445454   Eb6  665555  Fm  133111  C6  032110


 Intro/Verse:
 ------------
  Riff1:
   Fm           G# (or Eb6)    C#maj7        C
e:--------------------------|----------------------------|
B:-------1------------------|----------------------------|
G:----1-----1---------5-----|--------5-------------5-----|
D:-----------------6-----6--|-----6-----6-------5-----5--|
A:--------------6-----------|--4-------------3-----------|
E:-1------------------------|----------------------------|
     "One day when I was       searching..."

Fm           G#         C#maj7    C
One day when I was searching
Fm            G#     C#maj7   C
For what I'll never find


   Riff 2:
    Eb6                        G#7?
e:--------------------------|--------------------------|
B:--------------------------|--------------------------|
G:--------5-----------5-----|--------5--3--------5--3--|
D:-----8-----8-----8-----8--|-----4-----------4--------|
A:--6-----------6-----------|--------------------------|
E:--------------------------|--4-----------4-----------|
   "...She walked into my         story..."           ".



   C#maj7                     C
e:-------------------------|--------------------------|
B:-------------------------|--------------------------|
G:-------5-----------5-----|--------5-----------3-----|
D:----6-----6-----6-----6--|-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
A:-4-----------4-----------|--3-----------3-----------|
E:-------------------------|--------------------------|
  ..said she could change my..mind..."

Eb6          G#7   
She walked into my story
C#maj7                    C
Said she could change my mind...

(Riff 1)
This is the final offer
She said to make it clear
(Riff 2)
Don't lose out on this wonder
So I had to place my bets


Chorus 1:
---------
Fm		Eb     	G#
Welcome to the picture show
	      C#     Eb
watching your life
Fm		 Eb	G#
Never know which way to go
		C#
It might not be right

(No chords)
So better be strong

Play riff 1...once

Verse 2:
--------
(Riff 1)
What kind of circus is this?
What kind of fools are we?
(Riff 2)
When is the final curtain
What can I do to set me free

Chorus 2: (same chords as chorus 1)
---------
Welcome to the real world
Better be strong
Never know which way to go
It might end up wrong

So better be string


Play Riff 1...once.

Bridge:
-------
C#	 Eb		  Fm
Too many games we have to play
C#	    Eb	      Fm
They always blame the rules
C#	Eb	Fm		C#
You and me just trying to get along
		C
What can I do...got to be strong.

Solo: (played over Riff 1)
-----
    Fm		G# etc...
e:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B:---13b~~-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G:----------13-15------------------------------------------------------------|
D:----------------15~~~---13-15----------------------------------------------|
A:------------------------------15~~--15h16p15-15h16p15--13-11---------------|
E:-------------------------------------------------------------13-11-8~~~--/1|





e:----------------------13-~~~-15h16p15--13--18~--18p16h18-18p16-18p16----16-|
B:----------15h16-15h16------------------------------------------------18----|
G:--15b(17)------------------------------------------------------------------|
D:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A:---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E:6--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


e:18-20--20-18-16b(18)-13~~---|
B:----------------------------|
G:----------------------------|
D:----------------------------|
A:----------------------------|
E:----------------------------|

(Riff 2)
She walked into my daydream
She told me how it...had to be

Play chorus 1 and 2
  (Riff 1)

...So better be strong

Play riff 1 again

	Got to be strong

Riff 1- ultra slow
			   C6      Fm
		You better be  strooooong 


-Fred