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[Verse 1]
E                         G                        E
  Bright lights, Blind me, And I'm whisking by the people
E                  G                       E
  Pushing, rushing, To the organ grinder's music

[Chorus]
       E        F               E        F
And my eyes are running, And my legs are aching
            E      F                E          A  D  G  C  F  Bb  A  Am
And there's people winning, And the carnival's spinning

[Interlude]
E     Bb B F     x4
E F  G  A  B  C  D  E  F
E

[Verse 2]
E                  G                          E
  Merry - go round, Go round and they make me dizzy
E                   G                         E
  People - shouting, As they shoot and win an ashtray

[Chorus]
       E       F                E        F
And my head is breakin', And my ears are splitting
       E       F                 E          A  D  G  C  F  Bb  A  Am
And my hair is thinning, And the carnival's spinning

[Bridge]
Am
 After the people have gone, I walk alone down sideshow alley
Am
 And from a tent I hear some crying, The sound of someone in pain
Am
 And written brightly on the canvas and woodwork, So that everybody would see
Am                                         F                    G   Em                      Am
 Was the question they pose to the public, "When is a man not a man? When he's a freak in a sideshow"
           F          Am          F          Am             F          Am
 But we've all got to cry, Yes we all got to cry, And we've all got to cry

[Instrumental]
Am  Asus2

[Interlude]
E     Bb B F     x4
E F  G  A  B  C  D  E  F

[Verse 3]
E                         G                        E
  Bright lights, Blind me, And I'm whisking by the people
E                   G                       E
  Pushing - rushing, To the organ grinder's music

[Chorus]
       E        F               E        F
And my eyes are running, And my legs are achy
            E      F               E          A  D  G  C  F  Bb  Em      Am
And there's people crying, And the carnival's dying