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The Comedians - written by Elvis Costello, performed by Roy Orbison

C             G             C  
I sat there alone up on the Ferris Wheel,

                                 F  
A pastel colored carriage in the air

  Dm                     A              Dm   
I thought you'd leave me dangling for a little while,

                              G
A silly twist upon a childish dare.

C               G               C  
Below I saw you whispering to another man,

                                       F
Who held the lever that would bring me down

     Dm                  A          Dm  
He'd stop the world from turning at your command

                                          G
It's always something cruel that laughter drowns,

                     C 
And I'm up while the dawn is breaking,

C7             F                                        D
Even though my heart is aching, I should be drinking a toast

          G                  G7           C   G  Am  Em  F  C F G    
to absent friends instead of these comedians.


C                     G              C 
I can hardly hear the music from the carousel

                                         F  
The wind picks up the carriage starts to sway,

   Am             E                  Am 
As one by one the lights go out, it's closing time

  G                                G7         C  G  Am  Em F  C F G
I see you take his hand and walk away, walk away


C                 G             C  
They say you will always be the last to know

                                       F
They say that all that glitters is not gold

     Am                   E            Am 
It's not just that you're never coming back to me

G                              G7
It's the bitter way that I was told.

    C                F   
And I'm up while the dawn is breaking, 

F7             Bb                                     Bb7 
Even though my heart is aching I should be drinking a toast

          C                  C7           F    
To absent friends instead of these comedians