Intro: C C F C C C G C C F C C G C C F Ilsa was an acrobat who went and fell in love with that Am G C Horatio the human cannonball. C F A weddin' 'neath the big top tent with barkers clowns and elephants Am G C Sideshow family oddities and all. F Am G The dog-faced boy howled out with joy Dm C G As the tattooed lady was crying. C G Am F Ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning C G C It takes all kinds of kinds. C F Thomas was a congressman with closets full of skeletons Am G C And dresses that he wore on Friday nights. C F Phyllis was a pharmacist, a dab of that, a pinch of this Am G C Concocted to suppress her appetite. F Am G When the children were fiddlin' she'd slip 'em some Ritalin Dm C G And wait for Thomasina to arrive. C G Am F Cause ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning C G Am F It takes all kinds of kinds. -All kinds of kinds- C G C All kinds of kinds. Solo: C F C | C G | C F C | C G | C | C F When I play this old guitar from children's shows to smoky bars Am G C I take a break and think about the past. C F When I stood up in geometry and everybody stared at me Am G C And I tossed my test into the trash. F Am G I scratched off my number while hitching out under Dm C G That bush league population sign. C G Am F Ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning C G C It takes all kinds of kinds. F Am G Now some point a finger and let ignorance linger Dm C G F C Dm If they'd look in the mirror they'd find. C G Am F That ever since the beginning to keep the world spinning C G Am F It takes all kinds of kinds. -All kinds of kinds- C G Am F All kinds of kinds. -All kinds of kinds- C G C All kinds of kinds. Outro: C F C | C G | C F C | C G | C |