Roustabout - Its Carnival Time

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[Verse 1]
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Come on kids from eight to eighty.
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Hey there mister, bring your lady.
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There's a big show, on the inside.
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It's carnival time.

[Verse 2]
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Popcorn, peanuts and cotton candy,
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pink lemonade, that's dan-dan-dandy.
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Be a big shot, for a dollar.
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It's carnival time.

[Chorus]
G7           G
Roustabouts, roustaboutin'.
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There's happy shout, children 
shoutin'.
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If you've got doubt, quit your 
doubtin';
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it's thrills, it's spice,
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it's cheap at half-the-price.

[Verse 3]
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So, don't be bashful, buy a ticket.
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Get the habit, never kick it.
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Hear the band there, don't just 
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stand there.
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It's carnival time.

[Instrumental]
(Carnival organ)
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[Chorus]
G7           G
Roustabouts, roustaboutin'.
        C
There's happy shout, children 
shoutin'.
   D7
If you've got doubt, quit your 
doubtin';
     G             G7
it's thrills, it's spice,
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it's cheap at half-the-price.

[Verse 3]
(reprise)
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So, don't be bashful, buy a ticket.
        G      C
Get the habit, never kick it.
G                    C       
Hear the band there, don't just 
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stand there.
G7              C
It's carnival time.

[Other]
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It's carnival time.