The Carnival Is Over:The Seekers.
#1 in Australia & UK in 1965.
(Capo 2nd fret.)
#1.
G5 C5 G5 G5
Say goodbye, my own true lover, as we sing a
C5 C5
lover's song.
F5 C5
How it breaks my heart to leave you...
A5 F5 G5 G5
now the carnival is gone.
#2.
C5 G5
High above, the dawn is waking, and my
G5 C5 C5
tears are falling rain.
F5 C5 A5 F5 C5 C5
For the carnival is over..we may never meet again.
CHORUS:
C5 F5 G5 C5
Like a drum my heart was beating,
A5 F5 G5 E5
and your kiss was sweet as wine.
F5 G5 E5
But the joys of love are fleeting,
F5 Bb5 G5
for Pierrot and Col..um..bine.
#3.
C5 G5 G5
Now the harbour light is calling..this will be
C5 C5
our last goodbye.
F5 C5 A5 F5
Though the carnival is over....I will love you,
G5 C5 C5
till I die.
CHORUS:
C5 F5 G5 C5
Like a drum my heart was beating,
A5 F5 G5 E5
and your kiss was sweet as wine.
F5 G5 E5
But the joys of love are fleeting,
F5 Bb5 G5
for Pierrot and Col..um..bine.
#4.
C5 G5 G5
Now the harbour light is calling..this will be
C5 C5
our last goodbye.
F5 C5 A5 F5
Though the carnival is over....I will love you,
G5 C5 C5
till I die.
OUTRO:
F5 C5
Though the carnival is over....
A5 F5 G5 G5 C5
I will love you...till I die.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.