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      Coney Island Fair
(Josh Turner/Carson McKee)

The intro's rhythm mimmicks the beat for the chorus. Just sing that in your head while you play the intro
and you should be fine

[Intro]
C  G/B  Am
Am/G   Fmaj7  Gsus4  C

[Verse 1]
 C                   D/C
Buy me a ticket on a carnival ride,
Fmaj7            G
 take me out to dance
Em         Fmaj7       Em         Fmaj     Dm           G7
I'm getting older with nothing to show for all this rambling

 C              D/C
Hold my hand on the ferris wheel
Fmaj7              G
 like our parents did
Em       Fmaj7      Em     Fmaj     Dm    G7      C
Love was pure then, I was sure when I was just a kid

[Chorus 1]
  C        G/B Am       Am/G   Fmaj7           G
Please say to  me you'll have flowers in your hair
C             G/B Am       Am/G Fmaj7  G       C
I'll be right on  time for the   Coney Island fair

[Verse 2]
 C                    D/C
Earn me passage on a sailing ship
Fmaj7             G
 to the coast of Spain
Em   Fmaj7    Em      Fmaj  Dm     G7
Even in the sleepless city I'm a stowaway

C                D/C
I will change my coat and hat
   Fmaj7        G
and be a noble man
 Em    Fmaj7       Em      Fmaj   Dm       G7       C
Seek my riches and beggars wishes on these foreign sands

[Chorus 2]
  C        G/B Am       Am/G   Fmaj7           G
Please say to me that you'll write me while I'm there
C  G/B   Am       Am/G Fmaj7  G       C
I will return for the   Coney Island fair

[Verse 3]
C              D/C
I know age has bought my face
    Fmaj7          G
and sold it for a dime
Em           Fmaj7     Em      Fmaj          Dm             G7
And you have saved up all your grace just to barter it for mine

 C                     D/C
Guide me through these neon stalls
Fmaj7           G
past the tired games
Em       Fmaj7       Em        Fmaj     Dm         G7     C
I don't remember the way I had been but you still know my name

[Chorus 3]
  C        G/B Am       Am/G  Fmaj7            G
Please say to me that you'll   always find me there
 C            G/B Am       Am/G Fmaj7  G       C
When you were my  love at the    Coney Island fair

[Chorus 1]
  C        G/B Am       Am/G   Fmaj7           G
Please say to  me you'll have flowers in your hair
C             G/B Am       Am/G Fmaj7  G       C
I'll be right on  time for the   Coney Island fair