The Carousel Cifras

[Verse 1]
 
B7
When the fat kid gets off
E
We'll climb on the lead horse
B7               E
Riding into the night
            B7
I've been saving a place
      E
On my back for your face
                B7                     E
Wrap your arms round my waist and hold tight
       A       B7
On the carousel
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
B7
Away from the show-offs
              E
Spinning the waltzers
B7                         E
Making the pretty girls scream
   B7
We'll stay with the mother
  E
Consoling her daughter
           B7                   E
When she drops her scoop of ice-cream
 
 
[Chorus]
 
        A     B7
On the carousel
E                   A
When the young girl fell
F#m         B7
We heard her scream
E                  A
As they pulled her free
F#m      B7               A   E      A      E
From the machinery of the carousel
A    E          B7
The carousel
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
B7
Before the fair opened
     E
The carousel showman
       B7                      E
Would polish the barley-twist poles
B7
Oiling the gears
E
Cleaning the mirrors
B7                       E
Testing the roundabout's controls
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
B7                   E
Some people say the carousel is too slow
B                               E
Others say it's a white-knuckle ride
         B7
And the galloper's showman
         E
Picking gum off the horses
B7                       E
Says it's a metaphor for life
 
 
[Chorus]
 
     A    B7
The carousel
         E         A
When the young girl fell
F#m         B7
We heard her scream
    E              A
As they pulled her free
F#m         B7             A   E     A   E
From the machinery of the carousel
     A    E     B7
The carousel
 
 
[Verse 5] (faster tempo)
 
          B7
There's a Wurlitzer organ
        E
At the carousel centre
         B7                   E
Grinding out an old-fashioned tune
B7
Battling with the slick pop
     E
The R&B and hip-hop
         B7                            E
From the dodgems and the rocket to the moon
 
 
[Verse 6]
 
B7
When the ride is over
          E
I throw a dart into a playing card
     B7                  E
And win you an oversized toy
   B7
A generic Pink Panther
        E
With a face like an anchor
      B7                  E
Sown on by a six-year-old boy
 
 
[Verse 7]
 
        B7
Who'll never ride the waltzers
        E
Or the cup-and-saucers
    B7                        E
Or listen to an old-fashioned song
             B7
As the ride slows to a stop
        E
Like an old broken clock
        B                     E
And the Wurlitzer organ plays on
 
 
[Chorus]
 
       A    B7
On the carousel
     E              A
When the young girl fell
F#m           B7
We heard her scream
         E         A
As they pulled her free
F#m             B7
From the deadly teeth
E            A
Of the gears beneath
     F#m        B7
The cranks and wheels
     E       A
The iron and steel
F#7    B7
Of the machinery
 
 
[Ending]
 
A  E  A  E  A  E
B7
 
    A     E
The Carousel
 
A  E
 
    A     E
The Carousel
 
B7
 
A  E   A  E  A  E
B7
 
A  E   A   E  A E
B7
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