Carnival Chords by Natalie Merchant

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_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [B] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [D#] _ _ [A] _ _ [D#] _
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[E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ I've walked these streets, [E] virtual stage, _ seen through me
_ _ [D] Make up on their faces, acted with their faces [F#m] next to me _ _
_ _ _ _ I've walked these streets, in a [E] carnival of sights to see
_ _ [D] All the street thrill seekers, vendors and the dealers, they [F#m] crowded _ _ around me
_ [A] _ Have I been blind?
Have [E] I been lost inside myself and my own mind?
[D] _ Hypnotized, mesmerized by what my [F#m] eyes see _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _ I've walked these streets, in a [E] spectacle of wealth and poverty
_ _ _ [D] In the diamond market, the scarlet welcome cafe, the [D#] ladies [A] rolled after [F#m] me
[A] And _ [F#m] _ I've walked these streets, _ [E] in the madhouse of silent bake and eat
_ [D] Where a wild and mystic prophet, traffic island star, [F#m] then he raked of saving me
[C#] [F#m] Have [A] _ _ _ I been blind?
Have [E] I been lost inside myself and my own mind?
[D] _ Hypnotized, mesmerized by what my [F#m] eyes see _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ Have I been wrong?
Have [E] I been wise?
You shut my eyes and played along
[D] _ Hypnotized, paralyzed by what my [F#m] eyes have found
[D] By what my [E] eyes have seen _ _
_ _ [F#m] What they see _ _ _
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_ [F#m] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
[A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ Have [E] I been blind?
Have I [D] been lost? _ _ _
_ Have I [A] been wrong?
Have I [E] been wise?
Have I [D] been strong? _ _ _
_ [G] Have [A] I been hypnotized?
[E] Mesmerized by what my [D] eyes have found _ _
_ _ [F#m] In that _ [D] big _ spectacle
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ Have [E] I been blind?
Have [D] I been lost? _ _ _
_ Have I [A] been wrong?
Have I [E] been wise?
Have [D] I been strong? _ _
Have [E] _ [A] I been hypnotized?
[E] Mesmerized?
By what my [D] eyes have found
In _ _ _ [F#m] _ that [D] great street _ [E] carnival _ _ _
In that [Fm] [F#m] carnival _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
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