Carnival chords by Kevin Devine

Intro:
   G     B       Em        C C7 G   G     B       Em     C  G
e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---0------------------------0--|---0----------------------------|
G|----0------2-0---0------2-3----|----0------2-0---0------0-------|
D|---------1------2-2------------|---------1------2--2---2-2------|
A|--2----2-------2---------------|------2-------2------2----------|
E|-3-----------------------------|-3------------------------------|

   G     B     Em   Cadd9 C C7 C  G       B       Em
e|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---0----------------3-1-0-1-0--|---0----------------------------|
G|----0------2-0---0-------------|----0------2-0---0------0-------|
D|---------1------2-2------------|---------1------2--2---2-2------|
A|--2----2-------2---------------|------2-------2------2----------|
E|-3-----------------------------|-3------------------------------|

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