Written by Bobby Goldsboro
---()--- (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,