Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel Chords by Townes Van Zandt

[B] _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [A] _ [C#m] _
[F#m] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _
_ Well the drunken [G#m] clown still hanging [A] around [C#m] but it's plain [F#m] the laughter's all [B] died down the tears
He tried [A] so hard to [E] hide or flowing _ and a blind [G#m] man with his knife [A] in hand
Has convinced [C#] himself [F#] that he [A] understands.
[B] I wish him well miss carousel
[A] But I got to [E] be a go
_ _ _ [C#m] Won't you [G#m] come and get me when [C#m] you're [G#m] sure that you don't need me then
[C#m] I'll stand outside [G#m] your window [A] and proudly call [G#m] your name
_ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] Well, the lady's been [G#m] told that all her [A] gold is [C#m] worth so [F#m] much.
She can't be [B] sold no time to [A] weep
She'll need her sleep [E] tomorrow
_ _ When she carries her [G#m] face to the marketplace [A] and [C#] bets it [F#m] on the opening [B] race.
She can ring her bells
Miss [A] carousel, but her singing brings [E] me sorrow
_ _ [C#m] Won't [G#m] you come and get me when you're [C#m] sure [G#m] you don't need me [C#m] then I'll stand [G#m] outside your window [A] and
proudly [G#m] call your name
_ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] Well, it's always [G#m] done every mother's [A] son
You show only [F#m] grown men never [B] run so they fight with all [E] the might inside them
When their battles [G#m] been fought and they've all been [A] taught [C#m] that the trick is just [F#m] not being caught [B] we give them hell
Miss carousel, [A] but they're begging you [E] to hide them
_ _ [C#m] [G#m] Won't you come and get me when [C#m] you're sure [G#m] you don't need me then [C#m] I'll [G#m] stand outside your window
[A] Probably call [G#m] your name
_ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] When the need [G#m] arose your [F#m] eyes fell closed you clamped your fingers around your nose
[B] Would you say [A] that's any way [E] to judge him?
_ Well, you haven't [G#m] got the
Authority [C#m] to kill him in [F#m] the first degree, but [B] would you feel compelled miss [F#m] carousel if you had something to [E] begrudge him
_ _ [C#m] _ [G#m] _
_ _ [C#m] _ [G#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [G#m] _
_ [A] _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [E] On a velvet [G#m] beach bar beneath the [A] reach [C#m] of those that [F#m] come to pride [B] and preach the natural [A] man
That tried to [E] stand is fallen
_ Well, how long [G#m] will it be before he sees [A] you on [C#m] his legs, but [F#m] his mind [B] is free only you can tell miss
Carousel, [A] how long will he be [E] crawling?
_ _ [C#m] _ [G#m] Won't you come and get me when you're [C#m] sure [G#m] that you don't need me then [C#m] I'll [G#m] stand outside your window
[A] Probably [G#m] call your name
_ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [E] All the castle [G#m] wall has grown so [A] tall
[B] Seems [F#m] there ain't no hope [B] at all to reach the [A] top even though you [E] stop for breathing
But I ain't [G#m] gonna try to make you [A] cry [G#m] the [C#m] teardrops [F#m] couldn't find your [B] eyes.
It's all been swell
Miss carousel, [A] but the time has come [E] for leaving
_ _ _ [C#m] [G#m] Won't you come and get me when [C#m] you're sure that you [G#m] don't need me then [C#m] I stand [G#m] outside your window
[A] And proudly call [G#m] your name
[B] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ [G#m] Won't you come and get me [C#m] when you're sure [G#m] that you don't need me then I [C#m] stand
[G#m] Outside your [A] window and proudly [G#m] call your _ name
[B] _ _ _
_ [C#m] I
Want you [G#m] come and get me [C#m] when you're sure that [G#m] you don't need me [C#m] then I'll stand [G#m] outside your window
[A] And proudly [G#m] call your name
_ [B] Won't _ _ _ [C#m]
you [G#m] come and get me when [C#m] you're sure that you [G#m] don't need me [C#m] then I'll stand [G#m] outside your [A] window your [G#m] name _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _
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