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Verse 1
(A minor) What did you see at the fair (C major) little Billy
(G major) were there pretty girls (A minor) there my billy
(F major) Maybe it was the colors
(C major) and the lights all ablaze
(F major) Maybe it was face (C major) with a candy
apple glaze
(F major) The motorcycle girl put (C major) a spell on me
the (F major) fortune teller said she
d (C major) tell on me
(F major) everything was spinning' and
it (C major) carried me away
To (G major) a place for a while I thought
(F major) I wanted to stay
(A minor)
Verse 2
(A minor) What took you so long
to get (C major) home (G major) Billy?
Did you stay did you stay till you
were there all (A minor) alone
Yeah I (F major) stayed till the lights
(C major) began to grow dim
My (F major) friends had all left,
I (C major) couldn't find them
I didn't (A minor) mind at this time
(G major) cause I didn't think
that (F major) the rides would stop and (A minor) the lights
would quit blinking
or the booths where the men who
(G major) talked through their noses
Verse 3
Would seal (F major) them selves tight , like a
(A minor) rose when it closes
I didn't think that the color
that was (G major) all air
could disap (F major) pear so fast and leave
(A minor) nothing there
I never dreamed that the music
of the (G major) calliope
could change (F major) to the noise of of
men (A minor) takin the street
It all turned so strange (G major) , it all went so quick
The (F major) only friend left was the
(A minor) sound of a cricket
With my fantasy gone it all (G major) seems so real
I was (F major) left there to feel , what
I (A minor) didn't want to feel
No one wants to see when it
(G major) comes to the end
The (F major) still ferris wheel when (A minor) it quits spinning
Verse 4
no (A minor) one wants to hear
the sound (G major) is too intense
When the (F major) midway doses and leaves
(E major) nothing but silence
When your (F major) soul goes (C major) swirling and the (F major) worlds in a (C major)
(A minor) spinYourheart will (G major) never be the (F major) same
(A minor)
Verse 5
Thats when I got scared And
(G major) thought I was lost
(F major) Thats when I heard the sword (A minor)
swallowercough
I listened like a rabbit and stopped (G major)
in a freeze
(F major) That's when I heard a
(A minor) fat man sneeze
There was a light in a trailer
I (G major) crept to the door
And I (F major) pressed my ear close
and I (A minor) tried to hear more
I heard many voices but
(G major) they weren't the kind
That I'd (F major) heard in my life
or (A minor) any other time
at the back of my coat there
(G major) blew a cold wind
(F major) That's when the Siamese
twins (A minor) took me in
the people inside I (G major) couldn't believe
They (F major) weren't like the kind
that you (A minor) see in the street
They brushed off my hat
and (G major) dusted my coat
And (F major) offered me milk that
(A minor) came from a goat
I liked em at once , They treated (G major) me good
So I (F major) told em my story like I
(E major) thought I should
Verse 6
When your (F major) soul (C major) is a stirring'
and the (F major) world is in a spin (C major)
Your (A minor) heart can (G major) never be the (F major) same again
(A minor)
Verse 7
I told em how different that
the (G major) midway feels
When the (F major) lights go out on the (A minor) ferris wheel
and I said to him how you must
(G major) feel all alone
when the (F major) music quits to (A minor) call it your home
Verse 8
The (A minor) tattooed man looked at me (G major) in the face
And (F major) said we couldn't feel
right (A minor) in any other place
We will be here til the (G major) day we die
when (F major) I understand I had a
(A minor) tear in my eye
I knew this was true
(G major) and though it seemed lonely
It (F major) was made for them (A minor) and them only
I left them there holding (G major) bak the tears
And (F major) told them I had hoped that I'd
(A minor) see them next year
They laughed and said you
(G major) can bet on that (F major) (A minor)
They all gathered around the
(G major) trailer house steps
and (F major) no one was counting (E major) any ones bets
Verse 9
When your (F major) soul is a (C major) swirlin'
And the (F major) worlds in a spin (C major)
Your (A minor) heart can (G major) never be the (F major) same (A minor) again
Verse 10
Back (A minor) down the dark midway
(G major) I imagined the lights
(F major) Shining like torches
(A minor) only much more bright
A little I walked than (G major) i did before
A little (F major) older I walked But I knew (A minor)
much more
Maybe next year if any (G major) older I look
(F major) I'll run away from home and become
(A minor) the fat mans cook
The world is so strange my (G major) mother dear
It's (F major) really a wonder how
we (A minor) all got here
Once i thought I (G major) was in my place when (F major) I was
just a babe look (A minor) in in your face
But now for some reason people
(G major) have given me doubt
It seem (F major) s some are locked in and
(A minor) some are locked out
Verse 11
(A minor) The world is so strange I
(G major) can't comprehend
The (F major) one who wants freedom
are the (A minor) very ones locked in
and why does it seem that
(G major) ones who don't care
Breathe (F major) in without gratitude
and the (A minor) wild free air
My innocence has left (G major) by the same
door it came
(F major) and never again will (A minor) i ever be the same
But I'll never forget as (G major) long as I live
To (F major) be grateful to stranglers who
(E major) ain't afraid to give
Verse 12
When your (F major) soul is (C major) swirling
and your (F major) worlds in a spin (C major)
your (A minor) heart will (G major) never be the
(F major) same (A minor) again
Verse 13
when your (F major) heart is (C major) swirling
and (F major) worlds in a spin (C major)
your (A minor) world will (G major) never be the
(F major) same again
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Billy Boy
Joe Ely
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