Tuning:

The Carnival Is Over - The Seekers The intro is one beat for A and 3 beats for D. The rest of the song is either 4 beats or two beats per chord except for the chorus line ‘for Pierrot and Columbine’ which has 3 beats from the G of ‘-rot’ then 1 beat of C on ‘Colum’ (4th beat) and back to 4 beats on the A of ‘-bine’. Parts of the verses and chorus are not sung on the beat so I’ve tried to indicate where the words are sung just after the chord is struck. Listen to the song to hear what I mean. A D A D / /// / ///

^ASay good-^Dbye my own true ^Alover as we ^A7sing A lover’s ^Dsong ^D7 How it ^Gbreaks ^A my heart to ^Dleave you ^Bm now the ^Gcarnival is ^Agone

High a-^Dbove the dawn is ^Awaking and my ^A7tears are falling ^Drain ^D7 For the ^Gcar-^A nival is ^Dover ^Bm we may ^Gne- ^A ver meet a-^Dgain ^D7

Like a ^Gdrum ^A my heart was ^Dbeating ^Bm and your ^Gkiss ^A was sweet as ^Dwine ^D7 But the ^Gjoys ^A of love are ^Dfleeting^Bm for Pier-^Grot and ^CColum-^Abine

Now the ^Dharbour light is ^Acalling this will ^A7be our last good-^Dbye ^D7 Though the ^Gcar- ^A nival is ^Dover ^Bm I will ^Glo- ^A ve you ‘til I ^Ddie ^D7

Like a ^Gdrum ^A my heart was ^Dbeating ^Bm and your ^Gkiss ^A was sweet as ^Dwine ^D7 But the ^Gjoys ^A of love are ^Dfleeting^Bm for Pier-^Grot and ^CColum-^Abine

Now the ^Dharbour light is ^Acalling this will ^A7be our last good-^Dbye ^D7 Though the ^Gcar- ^A nival is ^Dover ^Bm I will ^Glo- ^A ve you ‘til I ^Ddie ^D7 Though the ^Gcar- ^A nival is ^Dover ^Bm G A (stop) D I will lo- ve you ‘til I die A D A D (repeat and fade) / /// / ///

The Seekers - The carnival is over