• Song:

    Hi Lily Hi Lo

  • Artist:

    Tim Buckley

Carnival Song/Hi Lily Hi Lo
(Buckley)/(Deutch)

TIM BUCKLEY
>From Dream Letter Live In London 1968

C : x3x010
C/B : x2x010
C/A : x0x010
C/G : 3xx010
CaddD: x2303x
F6 : xx3231
Dm/C : x3x231
F9 : xx3011

This may not be exact, (it's hard to transcribe a 12
string guitar when you don't have one) but it sounds okay.
The actual is somewhere high up on the neck (I don't
feel like finding out where).

If anyone knows what the lyric is that I have written as
"More? see the people pass Lily", please let me know.

*****
Introduction (spoken)

If you're ever in New York...(Is it a girl?)
If you're ever in New York, there's not very
many carnivals going on
And that may not be much, but uh...
If you're used to a carnival every once in a while
Then New York doesn't have it
Then you gotta write a carnival song
But that don't really make it either
'Cause what's a song without a carnival?

*****

C / / (x18)

Verse 1:

C           C/B       C/A C/G
The song of love is a sad song
C           C/B            F6
For we have loved and it's so
C           C/B           C/A  CaddD
So come and laugh a while Lily
CaddD             Dm/C
Come and join the show

C            F9
Hi lily lily hi
C            F9
Lo lily lily hi
C            Fsus2 C / / / / /
Lo lily lily hi    lo

C / / (x4)

Verse 2:

The circus comes once a year, Lily
Then we gotta go
So come and laugh a while Lily
Come and join the show
Come dancin', dancin' dance a while
Come dancin', dancin' dance a while
Come dancin', dancin' dance a while with me

C        G
Me me me me me me me
Bb       F
Me me me me me me
C        G
Me me me me me me me
Bb       F        C / / / / /
Me me me me me me me ah...

-----3---3-----0---0---0- | 
---5---5---5-3---3---3--- | 
-5----------------------- | 
------------------------- | 
------------------------- | 
------------------------- |  (x3)

C / / (x4)

Verse 3:

More? see the people pass Lily
Don't mind what they say
Go on and be happy Lily
They'll just pass away
Hi lily lily hi
Lo lily lily hi
Lo lily lily hi lo

C
Don't let the Italian kids on your block make fun, Lily

(repeat first verse:)

(The) song of love is a sad song
We have loved and it's so
So come and laugh a while Lily
Come and join the show

C  F    C  F
Hi lily hi lily
C  F    C  CaddD
Hi lily lo
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