Greatest Show On Earth chords by Radney Foster

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Here we go:

Intro:

C   Am   C   Am

Verse 1:

C
Pot luck supper and barbecue
 Am
A cooler full of beer one for sodas too
  F
Us kids chasing fireflies with no shoes
G

Saturday sundown
C
Momma hollerin' y'all wash up
Am
Clean that plate with your cornbread crust
F
Don't drink from daddy's dixie cup
    G
Oh the guitars are comin' out

Chorus:

F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned

Rocked and rolled to a country song
   C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
   Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong

We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
  Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F        G    C     C/B     Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
      F       G        C  C/B   Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth

Verse 2:

C
Some sang low some high and lonesome
 Am
Will that circle be unbroken
F
Grab a part if you know one
  G
Or clap along instead
C
Son if you want to touch a guitar, ask
    Am
Sister sleepin' in Aunt Kate's lap
  F
I'd shake it like Elvis just to make 'em laugh
G
Before I went to bed

Chorus:

F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned

Rocked and rolled to a country song
   C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
   Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong

We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
  Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F        G    C     C/B     Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
      F       G        C  C/B   Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth

Bridge:

F
Take a little break
G
Talk a little fishin'
 C            Am
Let the crickets sing the intermission
F
I'd drift off to dreamland
F     G
And they'd fire it up again

Chorus:

F
When those cedar planks rattled and moaned

Rocked and rolled to a country song
   C
On a couple of Sunburst Flattops
   Em
And a hand-me-down mandolin
F
Sometimes they had the chords half wrong

We laughed and cried, sang along
C
Family friends harmony
  Em
And goosebumps on my skin
F        G    C     C/B     Am
You can't put a price on what those nights were worth
      F       G        C  C/B   Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
      F       G        C  C/B   Am
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth
      F       G        C
It was the greatest, the greatest show on Earth