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This Carnival Is Dead And Gone

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Am
AmDear sir dear lady
This cGarnival is dEmead and gone
AmAnd never anyway alas this Gparty never Bmyet beAmgan
The chairs and tables dust of dust
GYes verydust of vEmeryrust Amof verymust and farewelltrust
I tGhought I saw you in Bmthe crowd Amdear heart
You turned away from me and thGen you dissolved iEmnto light
The bAmroken lights and fBmaded buntings
GCall to us all the inmost lFmaj7ight  
And don't glare wide your eyes in wGonder
They wEmill flick back iFmaj7nside your mind
And on the bonescreen oGf your skull
They wBmatch no mAmusical salutes
So thoroughly mGodern now Emwe arAme
But the last reel of all time
GThe inmost nightAm  
Its frames are glared and slow and out of focus
GValentino ValEmlee Moss all dAmead!
The inmost night
And the liGttle bells Bmgo tiAmnkle
And your eyes begin to twinkle 
And the jGoints and sinews cEmrack
AmIt's the expansion of your mind deGath
Death
Death
Death
Fmaj7The inmost nAmight
The cGat's face gEmlares from shiny cAmard
The deadcat from my past
You tuGmble you fBmroth and fAmun forever
An Fmaj7orchestra from Amanother time
GAnother world aEmll dead
The chAmurchbells silent the rainstained glass oGf God is smashedBm  Am  
And you take your choice you sup with the devil
You cGhoke on your pride Emfor ever and ever
My mFmaj7emory of my inmost light it tuGmbles froth and Bmfun fAmorever
Vulvaic memories imagined of my wouGld-be-life
Well tEmhat won't be
And tAmhat won't be
And that won't be
GAnd that wBmon't be
Fmaj7And for my troubles and my pain 
GAnd for the losses Emand the wains
I gAmet a picture in my mind
The sGlyly smily BmsmiAmling kiss
Of your sweet Gheart and face
EmAnd your legs in some final Ambenediction
Your inmost warmheart says tGa-ra
And I wishBmed to Amdie inside of you
And push up into your Gheart so vEmiolently that
AmFace to face with matrix creatrix aGm
The inmost lighBmtAm  
The inmost night
A last tip:
Intead of playing Bm Am, you can also play Bm Am G Am instead (all with short strums of course).

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This Carnival Is Dead And Gone

by Current 93

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Fmaj7

Dear sir dear lady

G Em

This carnival is dead and gone

Am G Bm Am

And never anyway alas this party never yet began

The chairs and tables dust of dust

G Em Am

Yes verydust of veryrust of verymust and farewelltrust

G Bm Am

I thought I saw you in the crowd dear heart

G Em

You turned away from me and then you dissolved into light

Am Bm

The broken lights and faded buntings

G Fmaj7

Call to us all the inmost light

And don't glare wide your eyes in wonder

Em Fmaj7

They will flick back inside your mind

And on the bonescreen of your skull

Bm Am

They watch no musical salutes

G Em Am

So thoroughly modern now we are

But the last reel of all time

G Am

The inmost night

Its frames are glared and slow and out of focus

G Em Am

Valentino Vallee Moss all dead!

The inmost night

G Bm Am

And the little bells go tinkle

And your eyes begin to twinkle

G Em

And the joints and sinews crack

Am G

It's the expansion of your mind death

Death

Fmaj7 Am

The inmost night

G Em Am

The cat's face glares from shiny card

The deadcat from my past

G Bm Am

You tumble you froth and fun forever

Fmaj7 Am

An orchestra from another time

G Em

Another world all dead

Am G Bm Am

The churchbells silent the rainstained glass of God is smashed

And you take your choice you sup with the devil

G Em

You choke on your pride for ever and ever

Fmaj7 G Bm Am

My memory of my inmost light it tumbles froth and fun forever

Vulvaic memories imagined of my would-be-life

Well that won't be

And that won't be

G Bm

And that won't be

Fmaj7

And for my troubles and my pain

G Em

And for the losses and the wains

I get a picture in my mind

G Bm Am

The slyly smily smiling kiss

Of your sweet heart and face

Em Am

And your legs in some final benediction

Your inmost warmheart says ta-ra

Bm Am

And I wished to die inside of you

G Em

And push up into your heart so violently that

Am G

Face to face with matrix creatrix am

Bm Am

The inmost light

The inmost night

A last tip:

Intead of playing Bm Am, you can also play Bm Am G Am instead (all with short strums of course).

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