WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Kevin Devine - Carnival Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
G B Em C C7 G G B Em C G
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G B Em Cadd9 C C7 C G B Em
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[Verse 1]
G B Em
I quit the carnival
C C7 G
It moved next door
G B Em
I thought I had enough
Em C G
But I want more
G B Em
So now I'm sneaking out at night
Em Cadd9 C C7 C G
I paint my face and shine my shoes
G B Em
Go where I'm not supposed to
[Verse 2]
G B Em
'Cause I tamed a lion once
C C7 G
I stole his roar
G B Em
I stripped his pride away
Em C G
But he found more
G B Em
So now he's back to take what's his
Em Cadd9 C C7 C G
And shove my fu----ture in my face
G B Em
Scare me back in my place
G B Em
So soon, so soon
C C7 G
You've got it beat
B Em
'til it beats you
[Verse 3]
G B Em
I left my flaming sword
C C7 G
beside your bed
G B Em
I woke to find it pressed
Em C G
against my neck
G B Em
You wept "suggestion never works
Em Cadd9 C C7 C G
So now I'm try---ing something else"
G B Em
I shut my eyes, ho hum, oh well...
[Verse 4]
G B Em
I felt a feather fall,
C C7 G
a tree trunk split
G B Em
Inside my lion laughed,
Em C G
played violin
G B Em
He said you should give up your voice
Em Cadd9 C C7 C G
Before we both end up destroyed
G B Em
I quit alright, he purred, "Good boy."
[Bridge]
Em C Em
"Cause you'll believe anything." And we went and copped
Em C G B Em
"You'll fall for anyone." I said, "That's not exactly true
B C Cm
Only you
Cm G
I'll do what you do."
[Solo]
G B Em C C7 G (x2)
G B Em Cadd9 C C7 C G
G B Em
[Interlude]
G B Em C (x5)
[Verse 5]
G B Em
You wake in the hospital
C G
in a thrift store suit
G B Em
Hear your lover's voice
Em C G
from the waiting room
G B Em
You shut your eyes and pray for peace
Em C G
Think "I'm not here, this isn't me
G B Em
This isn't something that I would do
Em C G
I know the complicated truth
G B Em
I make a mask, a lion's roar
Em C G
A big top tent, a firey sword
G B Em
But they're not real, they never were
Em C G
And soon she won't be real either
G B Em
This is the life you went and earned
Em C G
Because you never f**king learn
G B Em
And you could waste all of your years
Em C G
Fixing the mess you're making here
G B Em
So as her nervous breath draws close
Em C G
Her dress heels click off their approach
G B
You clutch your chest and whisper
Em
"Oh no,
[Outro]
G B Em C
no what will I do? What will I do?
C G B Em C
My love, my love, what will I do?
G B Em C
mmmmmmhmmmm mmhmm (x2)
G B Em C C7
Ooh-oh-uh-ohhh oh whoa oh oh oh ooh (x2)
G B Em C C7
No, no, no, no (x2)
G B Em C C7 (3x)
G B Em Cm