Key: F major
Verse 1
F
Bb
F
C
F
I never really fell in love
Bb
F
Bb
Till I went out to fake an affair
F
C
F
I chanced for the meet with a carnival girl
Bb
F
C
F
I was selling my fortunes there
Bb
Gm
Try for a lamp, or a Spanish soul,
C
F
or a golden filigree
Bb
F
C
F
Bb
But all the while her eyes were saying
F
C
F
Oh, come take a chance on me
C
F
Bb
Give the wheel a fortune of wool
F
G
The finest prize at Faeclan Fair
Gm
C
F
Is that pretty carnival girl
Her eyes were blue and her
F
Bb
And her lips, were soft and red
F
C
F
Bb
And I'd never seen a shape like hers,
F
C
F
had my eyes nearly popped from my head
Bb
Gm
But I was young and innocent,
C
F
Bb
oh but still even I could see
C
F
and winked my way,
Bb
F
C
said come take a chance on me
F
Bb
So swing around,
F
Gm
C
the merry -go -round,
F
Bb
give the wheel of fortune away
F
C
F
G
The finest prize at Fakenham Fair
Gm
C
F
C
F
Bb
F
is the pretty carnival girl
C
F
The old boy said, she's not for you
Bb
F
Now what will the old people think?
Bb
F
But I took my chance
C
F
and I won that girl
Bb
F
C
F
Just as quick as an eye could wink
Bb
Gm
C
And the finest day in all my life,
F
Bb
whatever may come to pass
C
F
C
F
Bb
Is the day that I went to Fakenham Fair,
F
C
F
and I won me the carnival, alas
Bb
Gm
C
So swing around, the merry -go -round,
F
Bb
give the wheel of fortune a whirl
F
C
F
The finest prize at Fakenham Fair
G
Gm
C
Is the pretty carnival girl
F
Bb
Gm
C
So swing around, the merry -go -round
F
Bb
Give the wheel of fortune a whirl
C
F
The finest prize that they confer
G
Gm
C
F
Is the pretty carnival girl
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF Bb C Gm G
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