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Capo 4th Fret 
Key of G# Minor
Chords relative to capo
Whole song is pretty much Emin  C    G    G/F#
Verse 1
I've been so in love
EminI stutter as my life Cunfolds Don't ask you won't be told
G                                     G/F#
(Band Enters) 
You broke the promise
I'm lying on the floor tonight To dream of all
those empty memories
of singing on that carousel we'd ride together
Chorus
Hey Mother hey hey mother why do you cry?
Tell me what the birds have said about my father
Hey father hey hey father what do you know?
Lovers on the carousel won't ride forever
Verse 2
I walk to the ocean
I'm looking through kaleidoscopes to see the colors
Don't saw, you saw the writing on the walls
If you believe simple words will make a difference
Bridge
C     Emin    G/F#   C
Sick sick my heart
CSick sick my heart
EminI want to die so that I can stop this crying
G/F#Then back into the chorus, end on EmCin

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Carousel

by As Tall as Lions

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Emin

G/F#

Capo 4th Fret

Key of G# Minor

Chords relative to capo

Whole song is pretty much Emin C G G/F#

Verse 1

I've been so in love

Emin C

I stutter as my life unfolds Don't ask you won't be told

G G/F#

(Band Enters)

You broke the promise

I'm lying on the floor tonight To dream of all

those empty memories

of singing on that carousel we'd ride together

Chorus

Hey Mother hey hey mother why do you cry?

Tell me what the birds have said about my father

Hey father hey hey father what do you know?

Lovers on the carousel won't ride forever

Verse 2

I walk to the ocean

I'm looking through kaleidoscopes to see the colors

Don't saw, you saw the writing on the walls

If you believe simple words will make a difference

Bridge

C Emin G/F# C

Sick sick my heart

Emin

I want to die so that I can stop this crying

G/F# C

Then back into the chorus, end on Emin

About Carousel Chords by As Tall as Lions

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