This Masquerade Acoustic chords by The Carpenters

• Capo on 1st

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Em

Difficulty: Intermediate

A7 x02020
Am7 x02010
A/C# x3222x
A#b5/C x3233x
B x24442
B7 x21202
Cmaj7 x32000
Dm7 xx0211
Em 022000
Em7/D xx0000
EmMaj7/D# xx1000
Em7/C x3x000
Em7/C# x4x000
G 320003
Gm7 353333
G/B x20003

Intro:

Em  Em7/D  Em7/C  Em7/C#
Gm7  B7  Em  A7  Em  A7


Verse 1:

Em            EmMaj7/D#
Are we really   happy   with
     Em7/D           A7
This lonely game we play
Em              A#b5/C          B7
Looking for the right words to say
Em                EmMaj7/D#
Searching but not finding
      Em7/D     A7
Understanding anyway
      A#b5/C          B7      Em
We're lost in this masquerade


Chorus:

Dm7             G                Cmaj7  Am7
Both afraid to say we're just too far away
      Dm7           G     G/B      Cmaj7
From being close together from the start
   A/C#               F#
We tried to talk it over
          B
But the words got in the way
       A7    F#          B
We're lost inside this lonely game we play


Verse 2:

Em                   EmMaj7/D#
Thoughts of leaving disappear
     Em7/D            A7
Each time I see your eyes
Em           A#b5/C      B7
And no matter how hard I try
Em                EmMaj7/D#
To understand the reason
       Em7/D          A7
Why we carry on this way
          A#b5/C           B7     Em  A7  Em  A7
And we're lost in this masquerade


Interlude:

Em  EmMaj7/D#  Em7/D  A7  Em  A#b5/C  B7
Em  EmMaj7/D#  Em7/D  A7  A#b5/C  B7  Em
Dm7  G  Cmaj7  Am7
Dm7  G  G/B  Cmaj7


Chorus Ending:

   A/C#               F#
We tried to talk it over
          B
But the words got in the way
       A7    F#          B
We're lost inside this lonely game we play


Verse 3:

Em                   EmMaj7/D#
Thoughts of leaving disappear
     Em7/D            A7
Each time I see your eyes
Em           A#b5/C      B7
And no matter how hard I try
       Em         EmMaj7/D#
To understand the reason
       Em7/D         A7
Why we carry on this way
      A#b5/C        B7     Em  Em7/D
We're lost in a masquerade
      Cmaj7     B7      Em
We’re lost in a mas - querade


Coda:

Em  Em7/D  Em7/C  Em7/C#

          Gm7       B7      Em
And we’re lost in a mas - querade
A7  Em  A7  Em  A7  Em
(ending with flute solo) fading…