Chord Trapeze by Patty Griffin

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