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Carnival

Natalie Merchant

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From: tasc15@tascsspsmtp.read.tasc.com
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 12:51:28 -0500

Carnival
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By Natalie Merchant
>From the Album _Tigerlily_

Chord Structure Transcribed by Pat L. Durante

Disclaimer:  I'm no expert...but this is the way I hear the changes in this
tune.  Enjoy...

Intro:

F#  F#  F#  F#
F#  F#  F#  F#
F#  F#  F#  F#
F#  F#  E   E   D   D   F#  F#

Verse 1:
F#  F#  E   E   D   D   F#  F# (2 times)

Chorus:
A   A   E   E   D   D   F#  F#

Verse 2:
F#  F#  E   E   D   D   F#  F# (2 times)

Chorus:
A   A   E   E   D   D   F#  F#
A   A   E   E   D   D

Bridge:
F#  D   E   E

Solo:
F#  F#  E   E   D   D   F#  F# (2 times)

Chorus:
A   E   D   D (3 times)

Bridge:
F#  D   E   E

Chorus:
A   E   D   D (3 times)

Bridge:
F#  D   E   E

End on F#


                        Carnival    by       Natalie Merchant     from "Tigerlily"
F#m                                                      E
Well I've  walked these, streets a virtual stage it seemed to me
D                                                                                F#m
make-up on their face actors took their place next to me.
F#m                                              E
Well I've walked these streets in a Carnival of sites to see
D
All the cheap thrill seekers the vendors and the dealers
                                   F#m
they crowded around me

A
Have been blind , have I been lost
E
Inside myself and my own mind
D
Hypnotize Mesmerize
                                       F#m
by what my eyes have seen

F#m                                                     E
I've walked these streets in a spectacle of wealth and poverty
D
In the diamond market the scarlet welcome carpet
                                               F#m
they've laid, just rolled out for me

F#m                                                    E
and I 've walked these streets in the madhouse asylum they can be
D
where a wild and misfit profit, a traffic island star
                                  F#m
and he raves of saving me

A
Have I been wrong have I been wise
E
to shut my eyes and play along
D
Hypnotized, Paralyzed
                                        F#m
by what my eyes have found

By what my eyes have seen,  What they have seen
(SOLO)
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A
Have been blind , have I been lost
E
Have I been wrong have I been wise
A
Have I been strong,  Have I been...
D
Hypnotized, Mesmerized
                   F#m
By what my eyes have found
F#m
In that great street carnival

In that Carnival

Solo is  :   Transcribed by viki vickenbacker temesvary