Townes Van Zandt – Fare Thee Well Miss Carousel chords
Chords:
capo 2INTRO C|---------------------------------------(0)...--||---------------------------------------(1)...--||---------------------------------------(2)...--||-----------0-0h2--2-2h3--2--0----------(0)...--||------3-3------------------------0h3---(3)...--||---3---------------------------3-------(x)...--|c Em F-Em-Dm G F CC EmWell the drunken clown still hanging 'roundF Em Dmbut it's plain the laughters all died downG F CThe tears you tried so hard to hide are flowingC EmAnd a blind man with his knife in handF Em Dmhas convinced himself that he understandsG I wish him well, miss Carousel,F Cbut I gotta be a goingAm 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 Gand proudly call your nameWell the lady's been told that all her gold is worth so much she can't be sold No time to weep, she'll later sleep tomorrow When she carries her face to the market place and bets it on the open enrage She can ring her bells, miss Carousel, but this singing brings me sorrow Won't you come and get me when You're sure that you don't need me then I'll stand outside your window and proudly call your name But it's always done, every mothers sun is surely grown, and never run So they fight with all their might inside them When the battles been fought 'n they all been taught that the trick is just not being caught Will you give 'em hell, miss Carousel, when they're begging you to hide them Won't you come and get me when You're sure that you don't need me then I'll stand outside your window and proudly call your name When they need a rose, your eyes felt closed You clamped your fingers around your nose Would you say, that's anyway to judge him Well you haven't got the authority too kill him in the first degree But would you feel compelled, miss Carousel, if you had something to regret in Won't you come and get me when You're sure that you don't need me then I'll stand outside your window and proudly call your name On velvet beach far beneath the reach of those who come to pray and preach The natural man that tried to stand is falling Well how long will it be before he sees you own his legs but his mind is free only you can tell , miss Carousel, how long will he be crawling Won't you come and get me when You're sure that you don't need me then I'll stand outside your window and proudly call your name All the castle walls grown so tall Seems there ain't no hope at all to reach the top even though you stopped for breathing But I ain't gonna try to make you cry the teardrops couldn't find your eyes It's all been swell, miss Carousel, but the time has come for leaving Won't you come and get me when You're sure that you don't need me then <-(x4) I'll stand outside your window and proudly call your name SGS