Natalie Merchant - Carnival

^Em` <sup>D C Em</sup> ` ==VERSE== ^EmWell I've walked these streets a virtual ^Dstage it seemed to me. ^CMake-up on their faces, actors took their place next to ^Emme. ^EmWell I've walked these streets in a Carniv^Dal of sites to see. ^CAll the cheap thrill seekers; the vendors and the dealers they c^Emrowded around me

^GHave I been blind Have I been l^Dost inside myself and my own mind ^CHypnotized, Mesmerized By what my eyes have ^Emseen

^EmI've walked these streets in a spectac^Dle of wealth and poverty ^CIn the diamond market the scarlet welcome carpet that th^Emey've just rolled out for me. ^EmAnd I've walked these streets in the m^Dadhouse asylum they can be ^Cwhere a wild eyed misfit profit on a traffic island stopped and he r^Emaved of saving me.

^GHave I been blind Have I been l^Dost inside myself and my own mind ^CHypnotized, Mesmerized By what my eyes have ^Emseen ^GHave I been wrong Have I been w^Dise to shut my eyes and play along ^CHypnotized, Paralyzed By what my eyes have ^Emfound, By ^Cwhat my eyes have s^Deen What they've ^Emseen

^GHave I been ^Dblind, have I been ^Clost Have I been ^Gwrong, have I been ^Dwise, have I been s^Ctrong

^GHypnotized, Mesmerized ^D By what my eyes have ^Cfound In ^Emthat great ^Cstreet ^Dcarnival

^GHave I been ^Dblind, have I been ^Clost Have I been ^Gwrong, have I been ^Dwise, have I been s^Ctrong

^GHypnotized, Mesmerized ^D By what my eyes have ^Cfound In ^Emthat great ^Cstreet ^Dcarnival In that ^EmCarnival