Carolyn, queen of lies chords by Bob Dorough

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Verse 1
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There  (B major) is  (E minor)  (B major)  (E minor)  (B major)  (E minor) 
a
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certain girl  (D major)  (G major) called  (D major)  (C sharpdim) Car      olyn
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with  (C major) big  (B major) fantastic  (E minor) eyes,  (B major) 
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an (E minor) d I'm the clown who al
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 (G major) ways  (C sharpdim) cries    a lot
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 (C major) and  (B major) she's the queen of  (E minor) lies.
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 (B major) I  (E minor) wait around all night for  (C sharpdim) Carolyn
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but  (C major)  (B major) what if she should  (E minor) come?
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 (B major) She  (E minor) does her table hopping  (C sharpdim) act      again
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 (C major) and  (B major) leaves me looking dumb.
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 (E major) She's so thin she  (B major) hardly casts a shadow  (Fdim) 
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 (E major) And  (F major) her hands are weighted
down with rings
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And  (A minor) her long  (F sharpdim) hair     hangs
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 (Cdim) like    (B major) a curtain
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And when she  (C sharpdim) walks,
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the  (C major) curtain swing (B major) s
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She's  (E minor) been to India an (C sharpdim) d        back again
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 (C major) She  (B major) knows it's all a game
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And  (E minor) even when I've got
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her  (C sharpdim) in my    arm (C major) s
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She  (E minor) can't  (B major) recall my name  (E minor) 
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 (B major) She  (E minor) calls me sweetie pie,  (C sharpdim) baby     doll
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 (C major) And  (B major) kills me with her  (E minor) eyes
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 (B major) No  (E minor) clown can ever win with  (C sharpdim) Carolyn
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For  (C major)  (B major) she's the queen of lies
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Oh yes, she is the queen of lies  (E minor) 
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Let's go up to the Eros  (A major) Hotel
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and  (B major) write some  (C major) love songs
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 (B major) on the sheets.
We'll climb the dusty carpet stairs
that smell of hurried love affairs,
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old victories and  (G major) defeats.
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There's a  (C major) bar at the Eros Hotel.
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 (B major) It's like a party all the time.
That's where you meet the unicorn,
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the young man with the golden horn.  (E minor) 
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 (B major) They all know how to rhyme.
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I've  (E minor) never been alone with  (B major) you.
I don't know how good it would be,
and if we should collaborate,
would the music of you fit
the lyric of me?
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Let's go up to the  (E minor) Eros Hotel
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 (B major) an d write some love songs on the  (E minor) sheets.
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 (B major) The sheets are worn as  (E minor) soft as  (B major) sin
from all the loves that might have been,
the sweet sonatas of the skin at dawn
at the Eros Hotel.
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No  (E minor) clown can  (B major) ever win with  (C sharpdim) Carolyn,
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 (C major) for  (B major) she's the Queen of Lies.
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Oh yes, she's the Queen of Lies.  (E minor) 