E|----|--------------------------|---------------------------| B|----|--------------------------|---------------------------| G|----|--------------------------|---------------------------| D|----|--------------------------|---------------------------| A|----|-3-----3---5--7--------7--|-7h8----7-\5--5---------3--| E|-3--|-----3---3----5-----------|--------------3-----3h5----|| C | Em | F Em | Dm || G | F | C | C | [Verse 1]C Em Well, the drunken clown's still hanging 'roundF Em Dm but it's plain the laughter's all died downG F C The tears you tried so hard to hide are flowingC Em And a blind man with his knife in handF Em Dm has convinced himself that he understandsG I wish him well, Miss Carousel,F C but I gotta be a-going [Chorus]Am Em Won't you come and get me whenAm Em You're sure that you don't need me thenAm Em I'll stand outside your windowF Em G G7 and proudly call your name [Verse 2]C Em Well, the lady's been told that all the goldF Em Dm is worth so much it can't be soldG F C No time to weep, she'll need her sleep tomorrowC Em When she carries her face to the market placeF Em Dm and bets it on the opening raceG She can ring her bells, Miss Carousel,F C but her singing brings me sorrow [Chorus]Am Em Won't you come and get me whenAm Em You're sure that you don't need me thenAm Em I'll stand outside your windowF Em G G7 and proudly call your name [Verse 3]C Em Well, it's always done, every mothers sonF Em Dm is shown that grown men never runG F C And so they fight with all the might inside themC Em When the battle's been fought 'n they've all been taughtF Em Dm that the trick is just not being caughtG Will you give 'em hell, Miss Carousel,F C when they're begging you to hide them [Chorus]Am Em Won't you come and get me whenAm Em You're sure that you don't need me thenAm Em I'll stand outside your windowF Em G G7 and proudly call your name [Verse 4]C Em When the need arose, your eyes fell closedF Em Dm You clamped your fingers 'round your noseG F C Would you say, that's any way to judge himC Em Well, you haven't got the authorityF Em Dm to kill him in the first degreeG But would you feel compelled, Miss Carousel,F C if you had something to begrudge him [Instrumental]| Am | Em | Am | Em | Am | Em | F || Em | Em | G | G7 | [Verse 5]C Em On a velvet beach far beneath the reachF Em Dm of those who come to pry and preachG F C The natural man that tried to stand is fallingC Em Well, how long will it be before he seesF Em Dm you own his legs but his mind is freeG Only you can tell, Miss Carousel,F C how long will he be crawling [Chorus]Am Em Won't you come and get me whenAm Em You're sure that you don't need me thenAm Em I'll stand outside your windowF Em G G7 and proudly call your name [Verse 6]C Em Ah, the castle wall has grown so tallF Em Dm Seems there ain't no hope at allG F C to reach the top even though you stopped for breathingC Em But I ain't gonna try to make you cry,F Em Dm the teardrops couldn't find your eyesG It's all been swell, Miss Carousel,F C but the time has come for leaving [Chorus]Am Em Won't you come and get me whenAm Em You're sure that you don't need me thenAm Em I'll stand outside your windowF Em G G7 and proudly call your nameAm Em Won't you come and get me whenAm Em You're sure that you don't need me thenAm Em I'll stand outside your windowF Em G G7 and proudly call your nameAm Em Won't you come and get me whenAm Em You're sure that you don't need me thenAm Em I'll stand outside your windowF Em G G7 and proudly call your nameAm Em Won't you come and get me whenAm Em You're sure that you don't need me thenAm Em I'll stand outside your windowF Em G G7 and proudly call your name
Fare Thee Well Miss Carousel
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