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[Intro] e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----5----3--------------------5-------3---------------------------| G|----6----4--------------------4-------2---------------------------| D|-----------------2------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| [Verse 1]

^EYou can walk on the water,^A ^Edrown in the sand ^A ^EYou can fly off a mountaintop if anybody can^A ^ERun away, run away -- it's the restless age ^A ^ELook away, look away--you can turn the page^A

[Pre-Chorus]

Hey, b^Auddy, would you l^A7ike to buy a watch real c^Eheap ^EHere on the street ^F#mI got ^E/G#six on each a^Arm and t^B7suswo more round my fe^Eet

[Chorus]

^ELife is a c^A/Earnival--be^Elieve it or ^A/Enot ^ELife is a ca^A/Ernival--t^Ewo bits a s^A/Ehot

[Verse 2]

^ESaw a man with the jinx ^A ^Ein the third degree ^A ^EFrom trying to deal with people, people you can't see ^ETake away, take away, this house of mirrors ^A ^EGive away, give away, all the souvenirs ^A

[Pre-Chorus]

We're ^Aall in the same b^A7oat ready to float off th^Ee edge of the world ^EThe flat old world ^F#mThe st^E/G#reet is a sid^Aeshow from the ^B7suspeddler to the corner ^Egirl

[Chorus]

^ELife is a c^A/Earnival, it^E's in the bo^A/Eok ^ELife is a c^A/Earnival, ta^Eke another l^A/Eook

[Pre-Chorus]

Hey, b^Auddy, would you l^A7ike to buy a watch real c^Eheap ^EHere on the street ^F#mI got ^E/G#six on each a^Arm and t^B7suswo more round my fe^Eet

[Chorus]

^ELife is a c^A/Earnival, be^Elieve it or ^A/Enot ^ELife is a c^A/Earnival, tw^Eo bits a sho^A/Et

[Outro]

^ELife is a c^A/Earnival ^ELife is a c^A/Earnival ^ELife is a c^A/Earnival

(repeat and fade)

The Band - Life is a carnival