Carnival Of Sorts

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                             Carnival of Sorts (Box Cars) - R.E.M.
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Tabbed by: J.P. Albuquerque

Tuning: Standard
Intro:
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B|-------------------------------------------0-----------------------------------------------
G|-----0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0---0-------0-
D|-2-4---4---4-2-4---4---4-2-4---4---4-2-4-------4-2-4---4---4-2-4---4---4-2-4---4---4-2-4---
A|E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------
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e|------------| 
B|0-----|       
G|--0---|       
D|----4-|       
A|------------| 
E|------------| 

Verse:
Bm A D G A Asus2 A

   Bm    A D   G   A     Asus2       A
E|-2-2---0-3-3-3-3-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
B|-3-3---2-2-2-0-0-----2-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-| 
G|-4-4---2-3-3-0-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| 
D|-4-4---2-0-0-0-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| 
A|-2-2---0-----2-2-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 
E|-------------3-3---------------------| 

Bm             A D     G A Asus2 A
There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel
Bm      A D      G      A Asus2 A
Diminish, a carnival of sorts
Bm         A  D      G     A Asus2 A
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel
Bm      A D        G        A Asus2 A
Stranger, stranger to these parts

Pre-chorus:
G         A                 Bm          A*
Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
G         A
Gentlemen don't get caught

(*Tip: Peter Buck plays this chord and adds some jangling on the high strings live, like this:
   A
E|-0-0-------------| 
B|-2---2---3-2-0---| 
G|-2-----2-------2-| 
D|-2---------------| 
A|-0---------------| 
E|-----------------| 

Also: You can jangle the other chords instead of just strumming them, sounds even
better. The last G and A chords are played by strumming quickly the low strings.)

Chorus:
Bm     G      A*
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A*
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A*
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A*
Bm     G      A*

(*Note: Peter seems to play the chorus jangling the strings following some pattern that
I can't figure it out, but you can make it sound fine strumming the chords loosely. Each
A chord always ends with this phrase:
   A
E|-0-0-0---------|   
B|-2-2-2-3-2-0---|   
G|-2-2-2-------2-|   
D|-2-2-2---------|   
A|-0-0-0---------|   
E|---------------| ) 

Bm    A D    G A Asus2 A
Secret stigma, reaping wheel
Bm      A D      G      A Asus2 A
Diminish, a carnival of sorts
Bm         A  D      G     A Asus2 A
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel
Bm      A D        G A Asus2 A
Stranger, stranger

G         A                 Bm          A
Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
G         A
Gentlemen don't get caught

Bm     G      A
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A
Bm     G      A

Bridge:
(Intro riff)
Cages under, cages under, cages under cage
Cages under, cages under, cages under cage

G         A                 Bm          A
Gentlemen don't get caught, cages under cage
G         A
Gentlemen don't get caught

Bm     G      A
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A
Bm     G      A

Bm             A D     G A Asus2 A
There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel
Bm      A D        G        A Asus2 A
Stranger, stranger to these parts
Bm         A  D      G     A Asus2 A
Chronic town, poster torn, reaping wheel
Bm      A D        G        A Asus2 A
Diminish, stranger

Bm     G      A
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A
Box cars (are pulling) out of town
Bm     G      A
Bm     G      A

Bm    G     A         Bm     G    A
Boxcars are pulling a carnival of sorts
       Bm G A
Out of town, out of town