The Band – Life Is A Carnival (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----5----3--------------------5-------3---------------------------|
G|----6----4--------------------4-------2---------------------------|
D|-----------------2------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
E                         A
You can walk on the water, 

E                 A
drown in the sand

E                                           A
You can fly off a mountaintop if anybody can

E                                                     A
Run away, run away      --      it's the restless age

E                                          A
Look away, look away--you can turn the page
[Pre-Chorus]
      A                A7                       E
Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap

E
Here on the street

F#m   E/G#         A       B7sus              E
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
[Chorus]
E          A/E        E           A/E
Life is a carnival--believe it or not

E           A/E      E          A/E
Life is a carnival--two bits a shot
[Verse 2]
E                       A
Saw a man with the jinx 

E                    A
in the third degree

E
From trying to deal with people, people you can't see

E                                           A
Take away, take away, this house of mirrors

E                                       A
Give away, give away, all the souvenirs
[Pre-Chorus]
      A                A7                       E
We're all in the same boat ready to float off the edge of the world

E
The flat old world

F#m   E/G#         A              B7sus                 E
The street is a sideshow from the peddler to the corner girl
[Chorus]
E          A/E        E           A/E
Life is a carnival, it's in the book

E          A/E        E           A/E
Life is a carnival, take another look
[Pre-Chorus]
      A                A7                       E
Hey, buddy, would you like to buy a watch real cheap

E
Here on the street

F#m   E/G#         A       B7sus              E
I got six on each arm and two more round my feet
[Chorus]
E          A/E        E           A/E
Life is a carnival, believe it or not

E          A/E        E           A/E
Life is a carnival, two bits a shot
[Outro]
E          A/E 
Life is a carnival

E          A/E 
Life is a carnival

E          A/E 
Life is a carnival
(repeat and fade)