Carousel chords by Miranda Lambert

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

🎸 Intro:

G+G B minorBm E minorEm  (x2)


🎸 Verse 1:
G+G    B minorBm
 Pretty Elaina
E minorEm
My fair lady
G+G        BB     E minorEm
 She walked the high wire back in the 80's
G+G       B minorBm
 Feathers and sequins
      E minorEm      C majorC
She shined like a chandelier
     G+G        BB
Hanging from the top tent rafters
     E minorEm          G+G B minorBm E minorEm
Till the spotlight disappeared
G+G     B minorBm
Harlan Giovanni
E minorEm
What a sight to see
   G+G         BB       E minorEm
The way he earned her trust was on a 20-foot trapeze
G+G      B minorBm       E minorEm        C majorC
 She fell so hard because he always let her fly
     G+G         BB
Till he left her heart suspended
   E minorEm
In a cotton candy sky
C majorC           C minorCm
 She still don't know why

🎸 Chorus:
    E minorEm    G+G
Every show must end
    E minorEm      G+G
Every circus leaves town
E minorEm         D MajorD
You don't know the magic's gone
  C majorC
Until the lights go down
      E minorEm      G+G
Now she's back in Nacogdoches
    E minorEm        G+G
And I hear she's doing well
   E minorEm     G+G        C majorC     G+G   B minorBm E minorEm G+G B minorBm E minorEm
She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G    B minorBm
 Pretty Elaina
E minorEm
Made herself a nest
   G+G        BB
Her sequins and her secrets
    E minorEm
Buried in her cedar chest
G+G     B minorBm        E minorEm       C majorC
 No one around here knows about her other life
     G+G       BB     E minorEm
Johnny Davis went and made her a mama and a wife
C majorC          C minorCm
 And maybe that's alright

🎸 Chorus:
    E minorEm    G+G
Every show must end
    E minorEm      G+G
Every circus leaves town
E minorEm         D MajorD
You don't know the magic's gone
  C majorC
Until the lights go down
      E minorEm      G+G
Now she's back in Nacogdoches
    E minorEm        G+G
And I hear she's doing well
   E minorEm     G+G        C majorC     G+G
She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel

🎸 Interlude:
E minorEm G+G E minorEm G+G E minorEm D MajorD C majorC

🎸 Bridge:
G+G       B minorBm
 Smith County Fair
E minorEm
Mid-September
G+G        B minorBm
 She walks the midway
   E minorEm        C majorC
And smiles when she remembers

🎸 Chorus:
    E minorEm    G+G
Every show must end
E minorEm      G+G
Every circus leaves town
E minorEm         D MajorD
You don't know the magic's gone
  C majorC
Until the lights go down
      E minorEm      G+G
Now she's back in Nacogdoches
    E minorEm        G+G
And I hear she's doing well
   E minorEm     G+G        C majorC     G+G
She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel
  E minorEm      G+G       C majorC      G+G
I only miss my Harlan when I hear a carousel

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