Kevin Devine – Carnival (Guitar)

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[Intro]
   G     B7      Em        C C7 G   G    B7       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     B7    Em   Cadd9 C C7 C  G      B7       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           B7     Em
 I quit the carnival

   C     C7   G
It moved next door

G           B7        Em
I thought I had enough

Em    C    G
But I want more

G           B7             Em
So now I'm sneaking out at night

Em         Cadd9 C   C7    C  G
I paint my face  and shine my shoes

G         B7      Em
Go where I'm not supposed to
[Verse 2]
G                B7        Em
'Cause I tamed a lion once

  C     C7   G
I stole his roar

G              B7        Em
I stripped his pride away

Em     C     G
But he found more

G           B7                  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         B7      Em
Scare me back in my place

    G   B7    Em
So soon, so soon

C      C7      G
 You've got it beat

B7      Em
 'til it beats you
[Verse 3]
G          B7           Em
 I left my flaming sword

  C    C7   G
beside your bed

G         B7             Em
I woke to find it pressed

Em      C  G
against my neck

G            B7            Em
You wept "suggestion never works

Em         Cadd9 C   C7   C    G
So now I'm try---ing something else"

G           B7          Em
I shut my eyes, ho hum, oh well...
[Verse 4]
G          B7          Em
 I felt a feather fall,

  C    C7    G
a tree trunk split

G          B7          Em
Inside my lion laughed,

Em       C G
played violin

G           B7                  Em
He said you should give up your voice

Em        Cadd9 C   C7 C  G
Before we both  end up destroyed

G         B7             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    B7    Em
"You'll fall for anyone." I said, "That's not exactly true

B7   C   Cm
Only you

Cm                G
I'll do what you do."
[Solo] G B7 Em C C7 G (x2) G B7 Em Cadd9 C C7 C G G B7 Em [Interlude] G B7 Em C (x5) [Verse 5]
G               B7       Em
 You wake in the hospital

     C            G
in a thrift store suit

G          B7          Em
Hear your lover's voice

Em       C       G
from the waiting room

G             B7                Em
You shut your eyes and pray for peace

Em             C                G
Think "I'm not here, this isn't me

G          B7                     Em
This isn't something that I would do

Em         C           G
I know the complicated truth

G        B7             Em
I make a mask, a lion's roar

Em        C             G
A big top tent, a firey sword

G               B7               Em
But they're not real, they never were

Em           C               G
And soon she won't be real either

G           B7                Em
This is the life you went and earned

Em          C             G
Because you never fucking learn

G             B7                Em
And you could waste all of your years

Em         C                  G
Fixing the mess you're making here

G         B7                   Em
So as her nervous breath draws close

Em              C                  G
Her dress heels click off their approach

G               B7
You clutch your chest and whisper

Em
"Oh no,
[Outro]
               G  B7         Em C
no what will I do? What will I do?

C         G      B7         Em C
My love, my love, what will I  do?

G  B7         Em C
mmmmmmhmmmm mmhmm  (x2)

G  B7         Em C  C7
Ooh-oh-uh-ohhh oh whoa oh oh oh ooh (x2)

G   B7  Em  C  C7
No, no, no, no   (x2)
G B7 Em C C7 (x3) G B7 Em Cm