RINGLING, RINGLING
By: Jimmy Buffett

Intro:  D  D/C  D/B  D/A  E7  A7  D
        D  D/C  D/B  D/A  E7  A7  D

Chorus:
   D                  E7
   Ringling, Ringling slippin' away
   G                       D
   Only forty people livin' there today
   D                          E7
   Streets are dusty, and the bank has been torn down
   G      A7           D
   It's a dyin' little town

D                                  E7
Church window's broken, that place ain't been used in years
G                 A7           D
Jail don't have a sheriff or a cell
                                       E7
And electric trains, they run by maybe once or twice a month
G            A7            D
Easin' it on down to Mussel Shell

(Repeat chorus)

Bridge:
           A
      And across from the bar there's a pile of beer cans
      D
      Been there twenty seven years
       E7                                     A7
      Imagine all the heartaches and tears in 27 years of beer

D                                         E7
So we hopped back in the rent-a-car and we hit the cruise control
G                A7              D
Pretty soon the town was out of sight
D                                    E7
But we left behind a fat barmaid, a cowboy and a dog
G             A7             D
Bracin' for a Ringling Friday night


Chorus:
     D                               E7
     Ringling, Ringling you're just slippin' away
     G                               D
     I wonder how many people will be there a year from today
     D                                   E7
     Cause the streets are dusty and the bank has been torn down
     G      A7           D
     It's a dyin' little town
          G       A7           D   (intro chords)
     Yeah, it's a dyin' little town