Pulp
Fairground
(Russell Senior, Jarvis Cocker, Candida Doyle, Peter Mansell)
Chords
F#m F#m(addD) G#m G#m(addE)
9 10 11 12
10 10 12 12
11 11 13 13
F#m
As the signs outside proclaimed,
"nature sometimes makes a mistake".
Was it the mother or the father to blame,
inside the damp grass and tilted tent?
(Riff 1)
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a------------------------------------------------
e-5--3-2----5--3-2----7---5-7-8-7----7---5-7-8-7-
As the signs outside proclaimed,
"nature sometimes makes a mistake".
Was it the mother or the father to blame,
(riff 2)
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e-5--3-2----5--3-2----7---5-7-8-7----7---5-7-8-7-7-7-7-7-
inside the damp grass and tilted tent?
Won't you come with me to the fairground?
Your head
Will be spinning
I said your head
IS YOUR FEET!
F#m F#m(addD) F#m
And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh
F#m F#m(addD) F#m
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
G#m G#m(addE) G#m
At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs
G#m G#m(addE) G#m
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
F#m F#m(addD) F#m
The man has come between us, his teeth rattle like a fence
F#m F#m(addD) F#m
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
G#m
He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh
G#m G#m(addE) G#m
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
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I sought shelter from the storm in a small inn by the coast.
In the children's room three identical sisters sat,
except for the one who was hideously deformed;
her grotesque features seemed to parody her sisters' beauty,
ridiculing and mocking everything I held dear.
Won't you come with me to the fairground?
Your head
Will be spinning
I said your head
IS YOUR FEET!
And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
The man has come between us, his teeth rattle like a fence
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
e-9----------9-------
b---10---------10----
g------11---------11-
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e-11--------12---11-------
b----12-------------12----
g-------13-------------13-
d-------------------------
The fish-eyed foetus floated blankly in the yellowed waters,
still as wax.
The man came between us,
my sister and I,
ridiculing and parodying everything we held dear,
making a mockery of our former emotions.
Dragging it all down to his level.
Won't you come with me to the fairground?
Your head
Will be spinning...!!!
And the man at the side of me starts a lewd laugh
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
At the cat with two heads and the dog with eight legs
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
The man has come between us, his teeth rattle like a fence
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
He's come between us, and he starts a lewd laugh
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
And then we went for rides.
Jarvis: Roll up, roll up, nice rides...
Come on, spin those cars boys,
it makes the girls scream!
The louder you scream the faster we go!
Come on, roll up, go on,
ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,
for the ride of a lifetime.
There's plenty of seats.
Come on, don't be shy!
C'mon, roll up!
Come on, come on!
And then we went for rides.
