Biography:
John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), better known as Townes Van Zandt, was a critically acclaimed American songwriter and singer. Much of Van Zandt’s musical canon--songs such as "Pancho and Lefty", "For the Sake of the Song", "Tecumseh Valley", "Rex's Blues", and "To Live is to Fly"--are widely considered masterpieces of American folk music. His musical style is often described as melancholy in sound and delivery with rich and poetic lyrics.
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Other songs:
- At My Window
- Be Here To Love Me
- Cocaine Blues
- Colorado Girl
- Dead Flowers
- Pancho And Lefty
- Poncho and Lefty
- To Live Is To Fly
- Upon My Soul
- Waiting Around To Die
- Waiting Round To Die
- A Song For
- Aint Leavin Your Love
- Alone And Forsaken
- Ballad Of Ira Hayes
- Big Country Blues
- Black Crow Blues
- Black Jack Mama
- Blue Wind Blew
- Brand New Companion
- Brother Flower
- Buckskin Stallion Blues
- Columbine
- Come Tomorrow
- Cowboy Junkies Lament
- Delta Momma Blues
- Dollar Bill Blues
- Dont Let The Sunshine Fool Ya
- Dont Take It Too Bad
- Dont You Take It Too Bad
- Fare Thee Well Miss Carousel
- Flyin Shoes
- For The Sake Of The Song
- Fraulein
- Greensboro Woman
- Heavenly Houseboat Blues
- Hey Willie Boy
- High Low And In Between
- Highway Kind
- I Aint Ever Satisfied
- If I Needed You
- Ill Be Here In The Morning
- Indian Cowboy
- Ira Hayes
- Kathleen
- Katie Belle Blue
- Like A Summer Thursday
- Little Willie The Gambler
- Loretta
- Lovers Lullaby
- Lungs
- Many A Fine Lady
- Marie
- Mr Mudd And Mr Gold
- My Proud Mountains
- No Deal
- No Place To Fall
- None But The Rain
- Nothin
- Only Him Or Me
- Our Mother The Mountain
- Pueblo Waltz
- Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria
- Rake
- Rexs Blues
- Sad Cinderella
- Saint John The Gambler
- Second Lovers Song
- She Came And She Touched Me
- Sixteen Summers Fifteen Falls
- Snake Mountain Blues
- Snake Song
- Snow Dont Fall
- Snowin On Raton
- St John The Gambler
- Still Looking For You
- Tecumseh Valley
- Texas River Song
- The Catfish Song
- The Hole
- The Silver Ships Of Andilar
- Tower Song
- Turnstyled Junkpiled
- Two Girls
- Two Hands
- Waitin Around To Die
- Waiting For The Day
- When He Offers His Hand
- When Shes Acting This Way
- When Your Dream Lovers Die
- White Freight Liner Blues
- White Freightliner Blues
- You Are Not Needed Now
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[Intro]
e|----|--------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----|--------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D|----|--------------------------|---------------------------|
A|----|-3-----3---5--7--------7--|-7h8----7-5--5---------3--|
E|-3--|-----3---3----5-----------|--------------3-----3h5----|
| C | Em | F Em | Dm |
| G | F | C | C |
[Verse 1]
C Em
Well, the drunken clown's still hanging 'round
F Em Dm
but it's plain the laughter's all died down
G F C
The tears you tried so hard to hide are flowing
C Em
And a blind man with his knife in hand
F Em Dm
has convinced himself that he understands
G
I wish him well, Miss Carousel,
F C
but I gotta be a-going
[Chorus]
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
[Verse 2]
C Em
Well, the lady's been told that all the gold
F Em Dm
is worth so much it can't be sold
G F C
No time to weep, she'll need her sleep tomorrow
C Em
When she carries her face to the market place
F Em Dm
and bets it on the opening race
G
She can ring her bells, Miss Carousel,
F C
but her singing brings me sorrow
[Chorus]
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
[Verse 3]
C Em
Well, it's always done, every mothers son
F Em Dm
is shown that grown men never run
G F C
And so they fight with all the might inside them
C Em
When the battle's been fought 'n they've all been taught
F Em Dm
that the trick is just not being caught
G
Will you give 'em hell, Miss Carousel,
F C
when they're begging you to hide them
[Chorus]
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
[Verse 4]
C Em
When the need arose, your eyes fell closed
F Em Dm
You clamped your fingers 'round your nose
G F C
Would you say, that's any way to judge him
C Em
Well, you haven't got the authority
F Em Dm
to kill him in the first degree
G
But would you feel compelled, Miss Carousel,
F C
if you had something to begrudge him
[Instrumental]
| Am | Em | Am | Em | Am | Em | F |
| Em | Em | G | G7 |
[Verse 5]
C Em
On a velvet beach far beneath the reach
F Em Dm
of those who come to pry and preach
G F C
The natural man that tried to stand is falling
C Em
Well, how long will it be before he sees
F Em Dm
you own his legs but his mind is free
G
Only you can tell, Miss Carousel,
F C
how long will he be crawling
[Chorus]
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
[Verse 6]
C Em
Ah, the castle wall has grown so tall
F Em Dm
Seems there ain't no hope at all
G F C
to reach the top even though you stopped for breathing
C Em
But I ain't gonna try to make you cry,
F Em Dm
the teardrops couldn't find your eyes
G
It's all been swell, Miss Carousel,
F C
but the time has come for leaving
[Chorus]
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
Note: Townes uses hammer-ons during the initial Em and ending C chord.
e|----|--------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----|--------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----|--------------------------|---------------------------|
D|----|--------------------------|---------------------------|
A|----|-3-----3---5--7--------7--|-7h8----7-5--5---------3--|
E|-3--|-----3---3----5-----------|--------------3-----3h5----|
| C | Em | F Em | Dm |
| G | F | C | C |
[Verse 1]
C Em
Well, the drunken clown's still hanging 'round
F Em Dm
but it's plain the laughter's all died down
G F C
The tears you tried so hard to hide are flowing
C Em
And a blind man with his knife in hand
F Em Dm
has convinced himself that he understands
G
I wish him well, Miss Carousel,
F C
but I gotta be a-going
[Chorus]
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
[Verse 2]
C Em
Well, the lady's been told that all the gold
F Em Dm
is worth so much it can't be sold
G F C
No time to weep, she'll need her sleep tomorrow
C Em
When she carries her face to the market place
F Em Dm
and bets it on the opening race
G
She can ring her bells, Miss Carousel,
F C
but her singing brings me sorrow
[Chorus]
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
[Verse 3]
C Em
Well, it's always done, every mothers son
F Em Dm
is shown that grown men never run
G F C
And so they fight with all the might inside them
C Em
When the battle's been fought 'n they've all been taught
F Em Dm
that the trick is just not being caught
G
Will you give 'em hell, Miss Carousel,
F C
when they're begging you to hide them
[Chorus]
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
[Verse 4]
C Em
When the need arose, your eyes fell closed
F Em Dm
You clamped your fingers 'round your nose
G F C
Would you say, that's any way to judge him
C Em
Well, you haven't got the authority
F Em Dm
to kill him in the first degree
G
But would you feel compelled, Miss Carousel,
F C
if you had something to begrudge him
[Instrumental]
| Am | Em | Am | Em | Am | Em | F |
| Em | Em | G | G7 |
[Verse 5]
C Em
On a velvet beach far beneath the reach
F Em Dm
of those who come to pry and preach
G F C
The natural man that tried to stand is falling
C Em
Well, how long will it be before he sees
F Em Dm
you own his legs but his mind is free
G
Only you can tell, Miss Carousel,
F C
how long will he be crawling
[Chorus]
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
[Verse 6]
C Em
Ah, the castle wall has grown so tall
F Em Dm
Seems there ain't no hope at all
G F C
to reach the top even though you stopped for breathing
C Em
But I ain't gonna try to make you cry,
F Em Dm
the teardrops couldn't find your eyes
G
It's all been swell, Miss Carousel,
F C
but the time has come for leaving
[Chorus]
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
Am Em
Won't you come and get me when
Am Em
You're sure that you don't need me then
Am Em
I'll stand outside your window
F Em G G7
and proudly call your name
Note: Townes uses hammer-ons during the initial Em and ending C chord.
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