Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel
Townes Van ZandtVersions2
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Well the drunken clown still hanging 'round
but it's plain the laughters all died down
The tears you tried so hard to hide are flowing
And a blind man with his knife in hand
has convinced himself that he understands
I wish him well, miss Carousel, but I gotta be a going
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
Well 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
Chorus
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
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
Solo over chorus
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
Chorus
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
Chorus ( x 4)
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Readable chord sheet for Fare Thee Well, Miss Carousel by Townes Van Zandt
[E] [Abm] [A][Abm] [F#m] [B] [A] [E] [E] Well the dru[E]nken clown still ha[G#m]nging 'round but it's pla[A]in the lau[G#m]ghters al[F#m]l died down The te[B]ars you tried so ha[A]rd to hide are flo[E]wing And a blind[E] man with his knife[G#m] in hand has convin[A]ced himse[G#m]lf that he und[F#m]erstands I wish[B] him well, miss Carousel, but [A]I gotta be a go[E]ing W[C#m]on't you come and ge[G#m]t me when You're s[C#m]ure that you don't ne[G#m]ed me then I'll st[C#m]and outside your wi[G#m]ndow and pro[A]udly call your na[G#m]me [G#m] [B] Well 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 Chorus 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 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 Solo over chorus 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 Chorus 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 Chorus ( x 4)