Carnation Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]a single [D]white carna[G]tion
[D]sai[C]led through the[G] air[C] hit the[G]
[D]ground[G][D][G][D][G]
[D]behin[G]d it [D]was lau[G]ghter
[D]and env[C]y and joy in the sou[G]nd[D][G]
[D]of passion and power
for [C]the star of the hour
least [D]noble of flowers
[C]lays at her feet [Am]like a clown
[G]

[Verse 2]
[D]just [G]a step up from a weed
[D]so com[C]mon so [G]har[C]dy
[G]a stranger to [D]the fam[G]e
[D]and oth[C]er rid[G]iculou[C]s things
[G]a pra[D]ctical type
like the [C]fella that threw you
[D]who shuffles away
and [C]exits the theatre [G]alone

[Verse 3]
[G]a s[D]ing[G]le [C]tea[G]rdrop
[C]softens the crease on [D]his [G]face
one of [C]many hard living [G]has shaped
[D]"oh baby" he cried
[C]"why couldn't i?"
"oh [D]baby" he cried [C]"why?"[Am]
"but [G]look at [D]you [G]now,
[D]i gue[C]ss i've don[G]e rig[C]ht"
so the [G]carnation [D]man picked up his [C]bottle

[Interlude 1]
and melted back into the night
[G][C][G][C]
[G][C][G][C][G][C]
[D][C][G]

[Verse 4]
[G]she [D]was [G]suc[D]cesful
the [C]newspaper[G]s c[C]laimed
[G]a p[D]heonix from ashe[G]s
but [D]what [C]they never [G]said [C]was
[G]she lon[D]ged for a call
from a [C]man she hardly knew at all
[G]she fol[D]ded her kerchif
and [C]answered the dress
[Am]ing room door
[G]

[Verse 5]
to flashes of light and [C]armfuls of flowers
[G]"just put them [D]over there"
[G]she said[D]
"with [C]all of the others"
but a [D]ghost caught her eye
as the [C]usher walked by
[D]a crumpled carnation
[C]fell through the air hit [D]the [G]ground

[Outro 1]
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[G][D][G][C][G][D]
[C][G][C][G][Em][G]