Carnival Girl Chords
Carnival Girl by Billy Bob Thornton is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, G/F#, Em, C, D, G7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
INTRO: G G/F# Em C D
G D
I saw her in between fast movin' scrambler cars
G
She had a stare like a twenty dollar whore
G7 C
And I have done my time but I would say thus far
A D
I've never seen a stare like that before
I ambled over close enough to ask her name
She said not that it's your business, but it's Dora
Her bottom lip and both ears were linked by chains
She even had a tattoo on her aura
PRE-CHORUS:
C D G
I told her that I'd like to know about her world
C D
And she said I ain't no carnival girl
CHORUS:
C D
She said just because I work the fair
G G/F# Em
And the wind of freedom blows thru my hair
C D
Don't mean I swing like a tilt-a-whirl
G G/F# Em
I may not be strung out in pearls
C D G G/F# Em
But I ain't no carnival girl
C D G
I ain't no carnival girl
She said that she would meet me in the parkin' lot
But right now she had to tug on that old handle
I bought a cotton candy and picked out a spot
And watched until the scrambler was dismantled
We talked until the sun came up and dried the dew
But talk was all we did since she insisted
She told me that there had only been a few
Exceptions to the rule since she enlisted
PRE-CHORUS:
C D G
She said she'd gladly tell me all about her world
C D
But she ain't no carnival girl
CHORUS
G G/F# Em C D G
But I ain't no carnival girl
OUTRO: G/F# Em C D G D G