Al Stewart – Carol (Guitar)

G            B7           Em
Sometimes it seems unimaginable

              Am                B7
That you were ever any other way

           Am                        Em
With your white rose face and your orphan clothes,

   Am                        B7
Embroidered jeans and silver chains

         G          B7              Em
You're a well known face in all the hang-out places

          Am                B7
Where the lost souls congregate

        Am                     Em
And you sit all night, but you talk too fast

      Am                      Am/C       B7
And I don't know what you're trying to say.

   Em    D  C                               Em     D  C
Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, uh hunh

  Em        D       C                      Em     D  C
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, uh hunh

             Am                 B7             Em
You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays.

G           B7              Em
I know your daddy said he'd talk to you

       Am                     B7
But he never really found the time

         Am                 Em
And your tv mother with her cocktail eyes

      Am                      B7
Could never really reach your mind

       G          B7        Em
So you fixed your star to a passing dream

           Am            B7
And took a cocaine holiday

        Am                        Em
Now the years flow round you in a muddy stream

        Am                    B7
And you need another place to stay.

   Em     D  C                                Em     D  C
Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, uh hunh

  Em        D      C                       Em     D  C
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, uh hunh

             Am                 B7             Em
You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays.

G                 D                      Em            A
Reach down, silvery ship from the stars, I know you're there,

   G              D                   Em         A
I know you'll understand me, you can take me anywhere,

G                 A
I know you must be there...

G             B7     Em
Sometimes it seems impossible

         Am                  B7
That the game could get that rough

        Am                Em
But the stage is set, the exit's barred

        Am                 B7
And the make-up won't come off

       G         B7         Em
So you make your bow to the balcony,

    Am                 B7
You light another cigarette

        Am                     Em
and the lights grow dim as the music starts

         Am    Am/C   B7
And it's easy to forget.

   Em     D C                               Em     D  C
Oh Carol, I think it's time for running for cover, uh hunh

   Em          D   C                       Em     D  C
Believe me, you're everyone's and nobody's lover, uh hunh

             Am                 B7             Em
You've got a one-way ticket for all your yesterdays.

G           D                      Em                  A
Reach down, silvery ship from the stars, I know you're there,

   G    D                            Em         A
I know you'll understand me, you can take me anywhere,

   G                 A
I know you must be there...