Melanie Martinez - Carousel
Tuning: Standard ([E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E])
Arranged key: [E] minor ([E] [F#] [G] [A] [B] [C] [D] [E])
Original key: F minor (F G Ab Bb C Db Eb F), either put a capo on the first fret or transpose to +1
Tempo: 77 bpm
Transcribed by Robert from Astlessons
Link to my tutorial on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AuHO2dcD_M
Intro
[Em] [C] [G] x4
Chorus 1
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Will I catch up to love, I could never tell, I know
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C]
Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel
Interlude
[Em] [C] [G] x4
Verse 1
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [Em]
Come, come one, come all, you must be this tall
[C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
To ride this ride at the carnival
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [Em]
Oh, come take my hand, and run through playland
[C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
So high, too high at the carnival
Pre-Chorus 1
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
And it’s all fun and games, 'til somebody falls in love
[Em] [C] [G]
But you've already bought a ticket, and there’s no turning back now
Chorus 2
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Will I catch up to love, I could never tell, I know
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C]
Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel
Verse 2
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [Em]
This horse is too slow, we’re always this close
[C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Almost, almost, we’re a freakshow
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [Em]
Right, right when I’m near, it’s like you disappear
[C] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [Em]
Where’d you go, Mister Houdini, you're a freakshow
Pre-Chorus 2
[C] [G] [Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
And it’s all fun and games, 'til somebody falls in love
[Em] [C] [G]
But you've already bought a ticket, and there’s no turning back now
Chorus 3
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Will I catch up to love, I could never tell, I know
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C]
Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel
Bridge
[Em] [D] [C]
Why did you steal my cotton candy heart
[Em] [D] [C]
You threw it in this damn coin slot
[Em] [D] [C]
And now I’m stuck, I'm stuck
[Em] [D] [C]
Riding, riding, riding
Chorus 4
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Round and round like a horse on a carousel, we go
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Will I catch up to love, I could never tell, I know
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C] [G]
Chasing after you is like a fairytale, but I
[Em] [C] [G] [Em] [C]
Feel like I'm glued on tight to this carousel
Chords:
Em (0 2 2 0 0 0)
C (X 3 2 0 1 0)
G (3 2 0 0 0 3)
D (X X 0 2 3 2)
Clarification:
Chordname ([E] [A] [D] [G] [B] [E])
X = Don't play / Muffle
Information:
When she plays it live on Perez Hilton she doesn't play G,
so for that version just stay on C until Em comes
