Kevin Devine – Carnival (Ukulele)

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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"I quit the carnival, it moved-next-door / I thought I'd had enough, but I want more"

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"So now I'm sneaking out at night I paint my face-and-shine-my-shoes, go where I'm not s'pposed to"

[Lead-in]
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"So soon,    so soon,          you got it beat, 'til it beats you"

[Verse 2]
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"I left my flamin' sword, beside-your-bed / I woke to find it pressed, against my neck"

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"You wept 'suggestion never works so now I'm tryin'-somethin'-else'/ I shut my eyes, ho hum, oh well"

Em                    C
"Cause you'll believe anything,"

                Em
And we went and copped

Em                   C
"And you'll fall for anyone"

                    G    B7     Em
And I said, "That's not exactly true"

B7   C    Cm
Only you

Cm               G
I'll do what you do"

[Instrumental]
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You wake in the hospital

     C      C7    G
In a thrift-store-suit

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You hear your lover's voice

         C             G                    
From the waiting room

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You shut your eyes and pray for peace

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

           B7                Em                
This isn't something I would do

           C              G                 
I know the comp-li-ca-ted-truth

          B7             Em                   
A make up mask, a lion's roar

          C           G                     
A big top tent-a-fire-sword

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

             C                G             
And soon she won't-be-real-ei-ther

            Bm                Em              
This is the life you went and earned

            C               G               
Because you ne-ver-fuck-in'-learn

              B7                Em            
And you could waste all of your years 

           C                  G             
Fixin' the mess-you're-makin'-here

          B7                   Em             
So as her nervous breath draws close

                C                   G       
Her dress heels click-off-their-app-roach

                B7                 Em         
You clutch your chest and whisper, "Oh no,"

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"What will I do?"

             Em    C
"What will I do?"

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

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(vocal harmonizing)