Natalie Merchant – Carnival (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Versions (3)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Intro] Em D C Em [Verse 1]
Em                                            D
   Well, I've walked these streets, a virtual stage it seemed to me

C                                                        Em
Make-up on their faces, actors took their places next to me

Em                                            D
   Well, I've walked these streets in a carnival of sights to see

C                                                                Em
All the cheap thrill seekers, the vendors and the dealers, they crowded around me
[Chorus]
G
  Have I been blind

            D
Have I been lost inside myself and my own mind

C
Hypnotized, mesmerized

                     Em
By what my eyes have seen
[Verse 2]
Em                                       D
   I've walked these streets in a spectacle of wealth and poverty

C                                                      Em
 In the diamond market the scarlet welcome carpet that they just rolled out for me

Em                                       D
   And I've walked these streets in the madhouse asylum they can be

        C                                                           Em
where a wild eyed misfit prophet on a traffic island stopped and he raved of saving me
[Chorus]
G
  Have I been blind

            D
Have I been lost inside myself and my own mind

C
Hypnotized, mesmerized

                     Em
By what my eyes have seen

G
  Have I been wrong

            D
Have I been wise to shut my eyes and play along 

C
Hypnotized, paralyzed

                     Em
By what my eyes have found

   C                 D
By what my eyes have seen

             Em
What they've seen
[Instrumental] (Em) D C Em Em D C Em [Chorus 2/Outro]
G             D                  C
  Have I been blind, have I been lost

            G                  D                 C
Have I been wrong, have I been wise, have I been strong
Have I been?
G                      D
Hypnotized, mesmerized

                     C
By what my eyes have found

   Em         C           D
In that great street carnival

G             D                  C
  Have I been blind, have I been lost

            G                  D                 C
Have I been wrong, have I been wise, have I been strong
Have I been?
G                      D
Hypnotized, mesmerized

                     C
By what my eyes have found

   Em         C           D
In that great street carnival

             Em
In that carnival