Chords for Coney Island Fair (Original)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ Buy [G] me a ticket [D] on a carnival [F] ride.
Take me out [C] to dance. _
[Em] _ I'm [F] getting [Em] older with [F] nothing to show [D] for all this [G] rambling. _ _
_ [C] _ Hold my hand on the [D] Ferris wheel [F] _ like our [C] parents did.
[Em] _ Love [F] was pure [Em] then.
[F] I was sure [D] when I [G] was just [C] a kid. _
_ Please [Am] say to me [F] you'll have [F#] flowers [G] in your hair.
[C] _ I'll be right on [G] time [F] for the [G] coney [C] island fair.
_ _ Earn me passage on a [D]
sailing ship [F] to the [A] coast [C] of Spain.
_ [Em] _ Even in the sleepless [D] city I'm a [G] stowaway. _
_ [C] I will change [D] my coat and hat [F] and be a noble [C] man. _
[Em] _ Seek [F] my riches [Em] and beggars [F]
wishes [D] on [G] these foreign [C] _ sands.
_ Please [Am] say to me that you'll ride me [G] while I'm there.
[C] I [Am] will return [F] for the coney [C] island fair. _
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_ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] I know [D] age has bought my fate, [F] _ sold it for [C] a dime. _
[Em] But you [F] have saved [Em] up all [F] your [Dm] grace just to barter it [G] for mine.
_ _ Guide me through [D] these neon [G] stars, [F] past the [C] tired games.
_ [Em] I don't remember the way [F] I had been [D] but you [G] still know [C] my name. _
And please [Am] say to me [F] that you'll [F#m] always [G] find me there.
_ [C] When you were [Am] my love at the [G] coney [C] island fair. _
_ Please [Am] say to me you'll [F] have flowers in [G] your hair.
[C] _ I'll be [Am] right on time [G] for the coney island [C] fair.
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