Carnival Lyrics

Date: Fri, 15 Sep 1995 12:51:28 -0500
Carnival
By Natalie Merchant
>From the Album _Tigerlily_
Chord Structure Transcribed by Pat L. Durante
Disclaimer: I'm no expert...but this is the way I hear the changes in this
tune. Enjoy...
Intro:
Verse 1:
F# F# E E D D F# F# (2 times)
Chorus:
Verse 2:
F# F# E E D D F# F# (2 times)
Chorus:
Bridge:
Solo:
F# F# E E D D F# F# (2 times)
Chorus:
A E D D (3 times)
Bridge:
Chorus:
A E D D (3 times)
Bridge:
End on F#
Carnival by Natalie Merchant from "Tigerlily"
Well I've walked these, streets a virtual stage it seemed to me
make-up on their face actors took their place next to me.
Well I've walked these streets in a Carnival of sites to see
All the cheap thrill seekers the vendors and the dealers
they crowded around me
Have been blind , have I been lost
Inside myself and my own mind
Hypnotize Mesmerize
by what my eyes have seen
I've walked these streets in a spectacle of wealth and poverty
In the diamond market the scarlet welcome carpet
they've laid, just rolled out for me
and I 've walked these streets in the madhouse asylum they can be
where a wild and misfit profit, a traffic island star
and he raves of saving me
Have I been wrong have I been wise
to shut my eyes and play along
Hypnotized, Paralyzed
by what my eyes have found
By what my eyes have seen, What they have seen
(SOLO)
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Have been blind , have I been lost
Have I been wrong have I been wise
Have I been strong, Have I been...
Hypnotized, Mesmerized
By what my eyes have found
In that great street carnival
In that Carnival
Solo is : Transcribed by viki vickenbacker temesvary