Carousel chords by Miranda Lambert

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

| G  | G  |

| G   Bm7  | Em7  | 2x




🎸 Verse 1:
G         Bm7
 Pretty Elaina
 Em7
My fair lady
G                B7        Em7
 She walked the high wire back in the 80’s
G              Bm7
 Feathers and sequins
            Em7          C
She shined like a chandelier
          G                Bm7
Hanging from the top tent rafters
           Em7
Till the spotlight disappeared

🎸 Instrumental:
| G   Bm7  | Em7  |


🎸 Verse 2:
 G         Bm7
Harlan Giovanni
  Em7
What a sight to see
     G                  B7           Em7
The way he earned her trust was on a 20-foot trapeze
G             Bm7            Em7              C
 She fell so hard because he always let her fly
         G                 B7
Till he left her heart suspended
      Em7
In a cotton candy sky
C                       Cm
 She still don’t know why


🎸 Chorus:
        Em      G
Every show must еnd
       Em            G
Every circus leaves town
 Em                 D
You don’t know thе magic’s gone
   Csus2
Until the lights go down
           Em           G
Now she’s back in Nacogdoches
       Em               G
And I hear she’s doing well
    Em           G               C                G
She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel


🎸 Instrumental:
| G   Bm7  | Em7  | 2x


🎸 Verse 3:
G         Bm7
 Pretty Elaina
 Em7
Made herself a nest
     G               B7
Her sequins and her secrets
       Em7
Buried in her cedar chest
G         Bm7             Em7              C
 No one around here knows about her other life
        G              B7         Em7
Johnny Davis went and made her a mama and a wife
C                    Cm
 And maybe that’s alright


🎸 Chorus:
               Em      G
‘Cause every show must end
       Em            G
Every circus leaves town
 Em                 D
You don’t know thе magic’s gone
   Csus2
Until the lights go down
           Em           G
Now she’s back in Nacogdoches
       Em               G
And I hear she’s doing well
    Em           G               C                G
She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel


🎸 Instrumental:
| Em    G  | Em    G  | Em    D  | Csus2  |


🎸 Bridge:
G              Bm7
 Smith County Fair
 Em7
Mid-September
G               Bm7
 She walks the midway
      Em7              C
And smiles when she remembers


🎸 Chorus:
        Em      G
Every show must end
       Em            G
Every circus leaves town
   Em              D
I didn’t know the magic left
     Csus2
Till all the lights went down
         Em           G
Now I’m back in Nacogdoches
        Em             G
And I swear I’m doing well
  Em            G             C              G
I only miss my Harlan when I hear a carousel
  Em            G             C                G
I only miss my Harlan when I hear the carousel