Life Is A Carnival chords by The Band

[Intro]

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[Verse 1]

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You can walk on the water,
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drown in the sand
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You can fly off a mountaintop if anybody can
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Run away, run away      --      it's the restless age
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Look away, look away--you can turn the page

[Pre-Chorus]

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Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
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Here on the street
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I got six on each arm and two more round my feet


[Chorus]

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Life is a carnival--believe it or not
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Life is a carnival--two bits a shot


[Verse 2]

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Saw a man with the jinx
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in the third degree
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From trying to deal with people, people you can't see
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Take away, take away, this house of mirrors
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Give away, give away, all the souvenirs


[Pre-Chorus]

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We're all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the world
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The flat old world
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The street is a sideshow from the peddler to the corner girl


[Chorus]

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Life is a carnival, it's in the book
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Life is a carnival, take another look


[Pre-Chorus]

      A                A7                       E
Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap
E
Here on the street
F#m   E/G#         A       B7sus              E
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet


[Chorus]

E          A/E        E           A/E
Life is a carnival, believe it or not
E          A/E        E           A/E
Life is a carnival, two bits a shot


[Outro]

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Life is a carnival
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Life is a carnival
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Life is a carnival