This Masquerade Acoustic chords by The Carpenters

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Intermediate

A7A7 x02020
Am7Am7 x02010
A/C#A/C# x3222x
A#b5/C x3233x
BB x24442
B7B7 x21202
Cmaj7Cmaj7 x32000
Dm7Dm7 xx0211
E minorEm 022000
Em7/D xx0000
EmMaj7/D# xx1000
Em7/C x3x000
Em7/C# x4x000
G+G 320003
Gm7Gm7 353333
G/BG/B x20003

Intro:

E minorEm Em7/D Em7/C Em7/C#
Gm7Gm7 B7B7 E minorEm A7A7 E minorEm A7A7


Verse 1:

E minorEm      EmMaj7/D#
Are we really  happy  with
   Em7/D      A7A7
This lonely game we play
E minorEm       A#b5/C     B7B7
Looking for the right words to say
E minorEm        EmMaj7/D#
Searching but not finding
   Em7/D   A7A7
Understanding anyway
   A#b5/C     B7B7   E minorEm
We're lost in this masquerade


Chorus:

Dm7Dm7       G+G        Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am7Am7
Both afraid to say we're just too far away
   Dm7Dm7      G+G   G/BG/B   Cmaj7Cmaj7
From being close together from the start
  A/C#A/C#        F#F#
We tried to talk it over
     BB
But the words got in the way
    A7A7  F#F#     BB
We're lost inside this lonely game we play

Verse 2:

E minorEm          EmMaj7/D#
Thoughts of leaving disappear
   Em7/D      A7A7
Each time I see your eyes
E minorEm      A#b5/C   B7B7
And no matter how hard I try
E minorEm        EmMaj7/D#
To understand the reason
    Em7/D     A7A7
Why we carry on this way
     A#b5/C      B7B7   E minorEm A7A7 E minorEm A7A7
And we're lost in this masquerade


Interlude:

E minorEm EmMaj7/D# Em7/D A7A7 E minorEm A#b5/C B7B7
E minorEm EmMaj7/D# Em7/D A7A7 A#b5/C B7B7 E minorEm
Dm7Dm7 G+G Cmaj7Cmaj7 Am7Am7
Dm7Dm7 G+G G/BG/B Cmaj7Cmaj7


Chorus Ending:

  A/C#A/C#        F#F#
We tried to talk it over
     BB
But the words got in the way
    A7A7  F#F#     BB
We're lost inside this lonely game we play


Verse 3:

E minorEm          EmMaj7/D#
Thoughts of leaving disappear
   Em7/D      A7A7
Each time I see your eyes
E minorEm      A#b5/C   B7B7
And no matter how hard I try
    E minorEm     EmMaj7/D#
To understand the reason
    Em7/D     A7A7
Why we carry on this way
   A#b5/C    B7B7   E minorEm Em7/D
We're lost in a masquerade
   Cmaj7Cmaj7   B7B7   E minorEm
We’re lost in a mas - querade


Coda:

E minorEm Em7/D Em7/C Em7/C#

     Gm7Gm7    B7B7   E minorEm
And we’re lost in a mas - querade
A7A7 E minorEm A7A7 E minorEm A7A7 E minorEm
(ending with flute solo) fading…