Carousel
Recorded by Miranda Lambert
Album: Palomino (2022)

(Non Capo)

(Intro.)
|(G) / / / |(G) / / - - -
|(G) / (Bm) / |(Em) / / / |(G) / (Bm) / |(Em) / / / |

(Verse 1)
(G) Pretty E-(Bm)laina, (Em)my fair lady
(G) She walked the (Bm)high wire (Em)back in the 80’s
(G) Feathers and (Bm)sequins
She shined (Em)like a chande-(C)lier
Hanging (G)from the top tent (Bm)rafters
Till the (Em)spotlight disappeared

(Solo)
|(G) / (Bm) / |(Em) / / / |
 
(Verse 2)
(G)Harlan Gio-(Bm)vanni, (Em)what a sight to see
The (G)way he earned her (Bm)trust was on a (Em)20-foot trapeze
(G) She fell so (Bm)hard because he (Em)always let her (C)fly
Till he (G)left her heart sus-(Bm)pended in a (Em)cotton candy sky
(C) She still don’t know (Cm)why

(Chorus)
Every (Em)show must (G)еnd, every (Em)circus leaves (G)town
(Em)You don’t know thе (D)magic’s gone un-(C)til the lights go down
Now she’s (Em)back in Nacog-(G)doches, and I (Em)hear she’s doing well (G)
She (Em)only misses (G)Harlan when she (C)hears a carousel (G)

(Solo)
|(G) / (Bm) / |(Em) / / / | x 2
 
(Verse 3)
(G) Pretty E-(Bm)laina, (Em)made herself a nest
Her (G)sequins and her (B)secrets buried (Em)in her cedar chest
(G) No one a-(Bm)round here knows a-(Em)bout her other (C)life
Johnny (G)Davis went and (B)made her a (Em)mama and a wife
(G) And maybe that’s al-(Cm)right

(Chorus)
‘Cause every (Em)show must (G)end, every (Em)circus leaves (G)town
(Em)You don’t know thе (D)magic’s gone un-(C)til the lights go down
Now she’s (Em)back in Nacog-(G)doches, and I (Em)hear she’s doing well (G)
She (Em)only misses (G)Harlan when she (C)hears a carousel (G)

(Solo)
|(Em) / (G) / |(Em) / (G) / |(Em) / (D) / |(C) / / / |

(Bridge)
(G) Smith County (Bm)Fair, (Em)mid-September
(G) She walks the (Bm)midway and (Em)smiles when she re-(C)members

(Chorus)
Every (Em)show must (G)end, every (Em)circus leaves (G)town
I (Em)didn’t know the (D)magic left till (C)all the lights went down
Now I’m (Em)back in Nacog-(G)doches
And I (Em)swear I’m doing well (G)
I (Em)only miss my (G)Harlan when I (C)hear a carousel (G)
I (Em)only miss my (G)Harlan when I (C)hear the carousel (G) - - - - -