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Intro
harpsichord w/percussion:
Em
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Verse:
Em Em/
Beat the clock
Em7 Em6 Cm6
Try to make it stop before
Em G Am
Time can draw the line and cut you down
B7
To her size
[bass enters]
Em Em/
Beat the clock
Em7 Em6
Try to make it stop
C6
Tell me, how long will it take
B7
Before you finally realize
Chorus 1
Em G
That the carnival is over
D/F#
And you've seen much better days
Em G
You have wasted too much time
D/F#
In too many different ways
Em D C
You deny the possibility of growing old
D Em D C D
You are filled with false humility, you're much too bold
1: piano w/strings:
Em Em7/D C#m7-5 Cm6
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[repeat verse]
Chorus 2
That you're in this game the same as ne
Although you think you're not
When you've tried to rise above it all
You'd get just what you got
Seems to me you're slipping, you seem slightly unnerved
When you finally see yourself, you get what you deserve
Guitar solo:
Em Em7/D C#m7-5 Cm6 [2X; harpsichord enters 2nd time]
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Em
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Instrumental break (2:22) [2X]:
bass:
v v v v v v v v
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-2-4-5-2-----5-4-|-5---4-2-4-2-0-4-
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v v v v v v v v
---------4-------|-----------------
-2-4-5-2-----5-4-|-5-4-0-4-2-------
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guitar 1 [first line tacit first time]
v v v v v v v v
---------7-------|-----------------
---7-8-------8-7-|-8---7---7-----7-
-9-----9---------|-------9---9-7---
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v v v v v v v v
---------7-------|-----------------
---7-8-------8-7-|-8-7---7---------
-9-----9---------|-----7---9-------
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guitar 2 [tacit first time; second line doubled by harpsichord
second time]:
v v v v v v v v
-----7-8-10--7---|-7---------------
-8-10----------10|----10-810-8-7-10
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v v v v v v v v
-----7-8-10--8-7-|-8-7---7---------
-8-10------------|-----8---8-------
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[repeat verse]
[repeat chorus 1]
Coda [repeat to fade]:
harpsichord w/percussion:
Em Em/ Em7 Em6 Cm6
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