Intro: A

    A                              Bm
The summertime's escaping, and the carnival's away,
        A                          Bm
And the sunshine is awaiting for another sunny day.
C        E              F        G      A
Breakers whisper to the shells upon the shore,
             G                     A
And hear the seagulls they cry for more.
             G                  A
And hear the gulls they cry for more.

A                                Bm
Good day to you sweet autumn, so gently you appear.
      A                         Bm
Why I never even realised those rustic times were near.
    C        E             F     G        A
The moment's change from a dusty green to gold,
           G                  A
The summer fair she has grown old
           G                  A
The summer fair she has grown old

    A                                          Bm
And away in the blue of the skies and over the trees
        A                           Bm
How the carnival flies on the wings of a breeze.
       C        E                 F        G     A
You've had your time and now it's mine for me to go,
      G                     A
These colder days they move too slow.
      G                    A
These older days they move too slow.

solo (verse chords)

       A                              Bm
So the summertime is leaving, and the carnival's away,
       A                               Bm
So the sunshine is relieving us of all our sunny days.
    C       E              F          G        A
But I'll be waiting for to greet your fleeting calls,
             G             A
So come back soon the carnival.
          G             A
Come back soon the carnival.

Bm
Come back soon (background voice: "carnival") (repeat many times to fade)