Carousel Of Love Chords

KeyBb Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays365

Carousel Of Love by John Prine is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Bb with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords A, D and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Bb
Text
16
Speed
  			 

 
Intro 
A D A E 
A D A E A 

A         D                                                  A 
I'm going down to ride the merry-go-round in the middle of a bad storm 
                E                         A 
I feel a little forlorn, your man blows a mean horn 
           D                                             A 
I think my baby's stuck on a rollercoaster looking for a sad song 
                      E                                    A 
I'm trying to get her back on the track of the Carousel of Love 

Instrumental 
A D A E 
A D A E A 

A          D                                     A 
If I could only go back in time to at least last Tuesday 
                      E                          A 
Then it wouldn't be a blues day, it may be April Fool's day 
    D                                                         A 
I'd buy her flowers and tell her that tomorrow might a better news day 
             E                                A 
And Take her hand and ride on the Carousel of Love 

Instrumental 
A D A E 
A D A E A 

A      D                                                        A 
If our love is going last then you know it going to have go the long way 
                          E                            A 
There's a hundred million wrong ways, trying to find a strong way 
           D                                              A 
But if you take my hand I will always be a man and go the right way 
         E                                     A 
Down the highway that leads to the Carousel of Love 
         E                                     A 
Down the highway that leads to the Carousel of Love 

Outro 
A D A E 
A D A E A 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante