Carousel chords by Miranda Lambert

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: G

🎸 Intro:

| G | G |

| G  Bm7 | Em7 | 2x




🎸 Verse 1:
G     Bm7
 Pretty Elaina
 Em7
My fair lady
G        B7    Em7
 She walked the high wire back in the 80’s
G       Bm7
 Feathers and sequins
      Em7     C
She shined like a chandelier
     G        Bm7
Hanging from the top tent rafters
      Em7
Till the spotlight disappeared

🎸 Instrumental:
| G  Bm7 | Em7 |


🎸 Verse 2:
 G     Bm7
Harlan Giovanni
 Em7
What a sight to see
   G         B7      Em7
The way he earned her trust was on a 20-foot trapeze
G       Bm7      Em7       C
 She fell so hard because he always let her fly
     G         B7
Till he left her heart suspended
   Em7
In a cotton candy sky
C            Cm
 She still don’t know why


🎸 Chorus:
    Em   G
Every show must еnd
    Em      G
Every circus leaves town
 Em         D
You don’t know thе magic’s gone
  Csus2
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


🎸 Instrumental:
| G  Bm7 | Em7 | 2x


🎸 Verse 3:
G     Bm7
 Pretty Elaina
 Em7
Made herself a nest
   G        B7
Her sequins and her secrets
    Em7
Buried in her cedar chest
G     Bm7       Em7       C
 No one around here knows about her other life
    G       B7     Em7
Johnny Davis went and made her a mama and a wife
C          Cm
 And maybe that’s alright


🎸 Chorus:
        Em   G
‘Cause every show must end
    Em      G
Every circus leaves town
 Em         D
You don’t know thе magic’s gone
  Csus2
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


🎸 Instrumental:
| Em  G | Em  G | Em  D | Csus2 |


🎸 Bridge:
G       Bm7
 Smith County Fair
 Em7
Mid-September
G        Bm7
 She walks the midway
   Em7       C
And smiles when she remembers


🎸 Chorus:
    Em   G
Every show must end
    Em      G
Every circus leaves town
  Em       D
I didn’t know the magic left
   Csus2
Till all the lights went down
     Em      G
Now I’m back in Nacogdoches
    Em       G
And I swear I’m doing well
 Em      G       C       G
I only miss my Harlan when I hear a carousel
 Em      G       C        G
I only miss my Harlan when I hear the carousel