Carnival Chords by Natalie Merchant

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_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ _ [A] _ _ [D#] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ [B] _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ Live walk these streets, a [E] virtual stage, seen to me, _ [D] make up on their faces, actors
took their places [F#m] next to me.
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_ [F#m] _ _ Live walk these streets, in [E] carnival, _ of sights to see, _
_ _ [D] all the people thrill seeker, vendors
and dealers, they [F#m] crowded _ around me.
_ _ [A] _ _ Have I been blind?
Have I [E] been lost inside myself and my own mind?
[D] _ Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my [F#m] eyes see. _ _ _
[A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ Live walk these streets, in a [E] spectacle, of wealth and poverty, _
_ _ [D] in the diamond market,
the scarlet velcro carpet, [F#m] they'd be just [C#m] rolled [F#m] out for me.
_ [A] _ [F#m] _ _ And I've walked these streets, _ [E] in the madhouse, as silent they can be, _ [D] where a wild and mystery
profit, traffic island stopped [F#m] anyway, _ of saving me.
[C#] _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ Have I been blind?
Have I [E] been lost inside myself and my own mind?
[D] _ Hypnotized, mesmerized, by what my [F#m] eyes see. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ Have I been blind?
Have [E] I been wise to shut my eyes and play along?
[D] _ Hypnotized, paralyzed, by what my [F#m] eyes have found, [D] by what my [E] eyes have seen. _ _ _
What [F#m] they see. _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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[F#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ [D] _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ Have [E] I been blind?
Have [D] I been lost? _ _ _ _
Have [A] I been wrong?
Have [E] I been wise?
Have [D] I been strong? _ _ _ _
[G] Have [A] I been hypnotized, [E] mesmerized, by what my [D] eyes have found? _ _ _
_ [F#m] In that [D] big, steep, [E] tunnel. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ Have [E] I been blind?
Have [D] I been lost?
_ _ Have I been _ [A] wrong?
Have [E] I been wise?
Have [D] I been strong? _ _ _
[E] _ Have I been [A] hypnotized, [E] mesmerized, by what [D] my eyes have found? _ _ _
_ [F#m] In that [D] big, steep, [E] tunnel. _ _ _ _ _
In that [Fm] [F#m] tunnel. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
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