A
I promise not to fail and give you what you want
A
You can keep me from the hookers and the vantage point
A
Keep us on a leash or pierce us in the neck
A
With your valium trippers and your midnight trecks

[Bridge]
Bm                   D                      A
I will hang around, I will hang around for you
Bm                   D                      A
I will hang around, I will hang around for you

[Verse]
A
Mix my coffee with your tea we can outwake sun
A
I stole your brother's car but you chinned your mum
A
Paying all the beggars for their puppy and stone
A
Shoot them in the foot and steal their cardboard homes

[Bridge]
Bm                   D                      A
I will hang around, I will hang around for you
Bm                   D                      E
I will hang around, I will hang around for you

[Chorus]
                  A             E               F#m     D
Cause we're the clever little clowns with their upside frowns
 A             E              F#m     D
Look a little silly but we're all so proud
 A             E                F#m     D
Clever little clowns with their upside frowns
  Bm                    D                          A
Clever little clowns, clever little clowns where to?

[Verse]
A
Cut up a rabbit's foot and kick it in your soup
A
Consume all of the luckiness the belters took
A
You might feel guilty for a minute or two
A
When myxomatosis kicks in I'll be thanking you

[Bridge]
Bm                   D                      A
I will hang around, I will hang around for you
Bm                   D                      E
I will hang around, I will hang around for you

[Chorus]
                  A             E               F#m     D
Cause we're the clever little clowns with their upside frowns
 A             E              F#m     D
Look a little silly but we're all so proud
 A             E                F#m     D
Clever little clowns with their upside frowns
  Bm                    D                         E
Clever little clowns, clever little clowns where to?

[Middle 8]
                  F#m   E
And then we skip away
 D       E            F#m  E
Then we take it some more
  D      E        F#m  E
Then we take it away
  D           E       D  E
And chuck it out the door

[Chorus]
                  A             E               F#m     D
Cause we're the clever little clowns with their upside frowns
 A             E              F#m     D
Look a little silly but we're all so proud
 A             E                F#m     D
Clever little clowns with their upside frowns
  Bm                    D
Clever little clowns, clever little clowns

                  A             E               F#m     D
Cause we're the clever little clowns with their upside frowns
 A             E              F#m     D
Look a little silly but we're all so proud
 A             E                F#m     D
Clever little clowns with their upside frowns
  Bm                    D                          A
Clever little clowns, clever little clowns where to?
A