Carousels Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]
[F][Dm][G]
[F][G][F][Am]
[G][C][G][Am][G]
[Am][G][Am]

[Verse 1]
[G]On a bus ride into town
[Am]I wo[G]ndered,
[Am]"Why[G] am I going to town?"
[Am]As I looked ar[G]ound
At the billboards and the [Am]stores
[G]I thought, "Why do I look
[Am]around?"
I got up [G]and bowed
And I kissed the [Am]filthy ground
And [G]in the first dry [Am]spot I found
I laid [G]back [C]dow[G]n
Without having [Am]to wonder
[G]Why I was laying down
[Am][G][Am]

[Verse 2]
[G]
Before [Am]long I was too cold
And [G]so I took a bus back to [Am]the station
[G]I found a letter l[Am]eft by a pay p[G]hone
With no return con[Am]tact
And it read like [G]a horn blown
By some [Am]sad [G]angel:
"Bunny, it was [Am]me
It was [G]me [Am]who let you down"
It [G]was the shyest attempt
[Am]I'd ever seen [G]at c[Am]onversation[G][Am]

[Verse 3]
If I didn't have [Am]you as my guide
I'd [F]still [Dm]wander lost in Sinai
[G]Counting the plates [F]of cars
from out of state
(How I could [G]jump in their [C]path
as [F]they hurry along!)
[Am]Until you surround me
You're pretty but you're
all I can [F]see[Dm]
Like a thick fog
If there was [G]no way into [F]God
I would never have [G]laid in
this [F]grave of a body

[Verse 4]
For so long
[Am]St. Cyril's [G]fai[Am]r al[G]
[Am]ways came through
[G]The first week of [Am]September
[C]But it's [G]already[Am]
[G]the 19th
And there's no sign [Am]of it yet
I have [C]a hard t[Am]ime r[G]ememb[C]ering
[G]The[Am] things I should remember
An[C]d a hard t[G]ime f[Am]orget[G]ting
All the things [Am]I sho[G]uld forget

[Verse 5]
[G]Oh Christ, when you're
ready to come back
I think I'm ready for you to come back
But if you want [Am]to stay [G]wherever
exactly it is you are
That's [Am]okay [G]too -
It's really none of my [Am]business

[Verse 6]
And if I didn't have [Am]you as my guide
I'd [F]still [Am]be wandering [Dm]lost in Sinai
Or [G]down by the tracks
[F]Watching trains go by
[G]to remind me:
There are [C]places [F]that aren't her[Am]e
I had a well but all the water left
So I'll [F]ask for your [Dm]forgiveness
With every breath
If there was [G]no way into [F]God
I would never have [G]laid in
this [F]grave of a body

[Outro 1]
So long, dear
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[C][Am]
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[G][Am]
[C][Dm][G]
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