Carousel chords by Miranda Lambert (Ver. 2)

🎸 Intro:

G Bm Em  (x2)



🎸 Verse 1:
G    Bm
 Pretty Elaina
Em
My fair lady
G        B     Em
 She walked the high wire back in the 80's
G       Bm
 Feathers and sequins
      Em      C
She shined like a chandelier
     G        B
Hanging from the top tent rafters
     Em          G Bm Em
Till the spotlight disappeared
G     Bm
Harlan Giovanni
Em
What a sight to see
   G         B       Em
The way he earned her trust was on a 20-foot trapeze
G      Bm       Em        C
 She fell so hard because he always let her fly
     G         B
Till he left her heart suspended
   Em
In a cotton candy sky
C           Cm
 She still don't know why

🎸 Chorus:
    Em    G
Every show must end
    Em      G
Every circus leaves town
Em         D
You don't know the magic's gone
  C
Until the lights go down
      Em      G
Now she's back in Nacogdoches
    Em        G
And I hear she's doing well
   Em     G        C     G   Bm Em G Bm Em
She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel
🎸 Verse 2:
G    Bm
 Pretty Elaina
Em
Made herself a nest
   G        B
Her sequins and her secrets
    Em
Buried in her cedar chest
G     Bm        Em       C
 No one around here knows about her other life
     G       B     Em
Johnny Davis went and made her a mama and a wife
C          Cm
 And maybe that's alright

🎸 Chorus:
    Em    G
Every show must end
    Em      G
Every circus leaves town
Em         D
You don't know the magic's gone
  C
Until the lights go down
      Em      G
Now she's back in Nacogdoches
    Em        G
And I hear she's doing well
   Em     G        C     G
She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel

🎸 Interlude:
Em G Em G Em D C


🎸 Bridge:
G       Bm
 Smith County Fair
Em
Mid-September
G        Bm
 She walks the midway
   Em        C
And smiles when she remembers

🎸 Chorus:
    Em    G
Every show must end
Em      G
Every circus leaves town
Em         D
You don't know the magic's gone
  C
Until the lights go down
      Em      G
Now she's back in Nacogdoches
    Em        G
And I hear she's doing well
   Em     G        C     G
She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel
  Em      G       C      G
I only miss my Harlan when I hear a carousel