Verse 1AmC
If you spend enough cash at the carnival games
F
You'll have a prize in your hand when you walk away
AmC
It'll slip through your fingers and you'll never know
F
What winning's really like, at all
AmC
I stayed here too long, now it's in my soul
F
And when the thunder rolls, I've got nowhere to go
AmC
I keep going round on this carousel
F
Because it spins me so well
Pre-ChorusAmC
And I'll stay with you just a little while
FG
There's so much for us to see and do
Am
But don't mistake this for
C
An adventure in paradise
FG7
Just because the ride looks so good
ChorusAmC
Carnival games are so much fun to play
F
Hard to just walk away from
G
When all you want are pretty things
AmC
But the price you pay is always too much
F
I'll never dry up these tears
G7AmCFG
Cried from all the years of playing carnival games
Verse 2AmC
To know which way to look, all the shiny lights
F
Sign your name on the postcard of your life
AmC
And everyone will say that you came and conquered
F
Yeah, you won the whole race
Pre-ChorusAm
But don't mistake this for
C
An adventure in paradise
FG7
Just because the ride looks so good
ChorusAmC
Carnival games are so much fun to play
F
Hard to just walk away from
G
When all you want are pretty things
AmC
But the price you pay is always too much
F
I'll never dry up these tears
G7AmCFG
Cried from all the years of playing carnival games
BridgeAmC
I wanna shed all of my skin
FGAm
Feel my blood as it tastes the wind
CFG
I don't know where to begin
ChorusAmC
Carnival games are so much fun to play
F
Hard to just walk away from
G
When all you want are pretty things
AmC
But the price you pay is always too much
F
I'll never dry up these tears
G7AmCFG
Cried from all the years of playing carnival games
OutroAmC
You'll never really know what
FG
You'll never really know what winning's like
AmC
You'll never really know what
FG
You'll never really know what winning's like
AmC
You'll never really know what
FG
You'll never really know what winning's like
AmC
You'll never really know what
FG
You'll never really know what winning's like
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