Carnival Lights

G Well these old carnival lights Em Won't let her eyes sleep tonight G Em She's sitting on the top Ferris wheel car C Em Thinking it ain't such a long way down C Em C Em B7 Failure's such a long cold fall G Em G Em G Well this life, these grounds are her sin Em Jump on a merry-go-round that don't even spin G Em Waiting on the world to turn circles round her eyes C Em C Em C Em But it don't play her out tonight it never does anytime B7 So she stays lonely C Em G G F#Em Well her poisonous and medicine bottle C Em G G F# Em Filled with nothing but her own short comings C Em G G F#Em She leans her head back and she puts them down and they taste alright C D G She's just trying to stay conscious tonight G Em G Em G I saw her on a Sunday Em I never saw her again they said she's fading away G Em She's a ghost haunting a house that ain't even hers G She's locked her self up in her room Em She's moanin the devil well she's howling at the moon G Em And they think that she could be saved by her mama's voice C Em C Em C Em But it don't play around tonight it never does anytime B7 So she stays lonely C Em G​​ G ​F#Em Well her poisonous and medicine bottles C Em G G/F#Em Filled with nothing but her own shortcomings C Em G G F# Em She leans her head back she puts them down they taste alright C D G She's just trying to stay conscious tonight G Em G Em C9 F#m G Red and blue lights and the sirens through her shutters make the shadows dance G​​F# Em like demons through her room C9 D G Her eyes are rolling up her night is ending soon G Well these old carnival lights Em Won't let her eyes sleep tonight G G She's sitting on a top Ferris wheel car B7 She's going down C Em G G​F#Em Well her poisonous and medicine bottle C Em G G​F#Em Filled with nothing but her own short comings C Em G G​F#Em She leans her head back she puts them down and they taste alright C D G She's just trying to stay conscious tonight