Key: F minor
Intro 1
Em
E
B
F#m
E
C#
Fdim
Baug
Aaug
Fdim
Em
D
Verse 1
Em
G
Em
C
Oh dear what can the matter be
Em
C
What can the matter be
Em
F#dim
F#m
B
Have I stayed too long at the fair
F#m
Verse 2
B
G#m
Here in New York, I'm many miles away
F#m
D
G#m
From people who were dear to me
F#m
B
Here in New York,
G#m
B
I'm finding every day
F#m
B
Em
A
How very sad that kinda girl can be
Verse 3
D
Em
D
B
I wanted the music to play on forever
Em
C
Em
A
But I stayed too long at the fair
Asus4
Adim
Am
A
Em
I wanted the clown to
A
Asus4
A
C#
be constantly clever
D
Am
D
But I stayed too long at the fair
Verse 4
Gm
blue ribbons
D
Fdim
to tie up my hair
Em
A
D
But I couldn't find anybody to care
Verse 5
D
Em
D
The merry- go- round is beginning
F#dim
B
to slow now
Em
A
Have I stayed too long at
Bm
F#dim
B
the fair
Em
F#
The music has stopped
F#m
E
Fdim
and the children must go now
D
Em
B
Em
Have I stayed too long at
Am
C
D
Verse 6
Oh mother dear,
I know you're very proud
Your little girl in gingham is
C
D
so far above the crowd
Csus4
C
you never could have known
C
Em
G
A
ful and so very much alone
Verse 7
A
Em
D
win all the
F#m
B
fabulous treasures
Em
G
D
G
C
But I stayed too long at
D
Am
A
the fair
D
A
D#
riest measures
D
B
D
Am
D
But I stayed too long at the fair
G
Gm
I bought me the ribbons
Verse 8
all
D
Fdim
shiny and blue
Em
A
But now I discover them
D
E
Am
D
A
no longer new
D
The
Verse 9
Em
A
lights of the Midway are
F#m
B
fading above me
Em
A
Have I stayed too long
C#dim
Em
F#dim
B
at the fair
the people who love me
Em
A
F
Bb
For I stayed too long at the fair
What can the matter be
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