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Song title:      The Unfairground
Original Album:  The Unfairground

Words and Music by Kevin Ayers
Copyright © 2007 LO-MAX Records
Published by ???

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:

One, two, three, four...


[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x4]

Guitar Figure 1
      D           E           B
|-----5---5-------7-------7---7--|-------------7-7-x\-------------|
|-----7---7-------9-------9---7--|-------------7-7-x\-------------|
|-----7---7-------9-------9---8--|-------------8-8-x\-------------|
|-----7---7-------9-------9---9--|-------------9-9-x\-------------|
|-----5---5-------7-------7---9--|-------------9-9-x\-------------|
|-----------------------------7--|-------------7-7-x\-------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


VERSE1:
Notes:
Guitar Figure 1 is the basis for the verses.

Guitar Figure 1

      D           E           B
|-----5---5-------7-------7---7--|-------------7-7-x\-------------|
|-----7---7-------9-------9---7--|-------------7-7-x\-------------|
|-----7---7-------9-------9---8--|-------------8-8-x\-------------|
|-----7---7-------9-------9---9--|-------------9-9-x\-------------|
|-----5---5-------7-------7---9--|-------------9-9-x\-------------|
|-----------------------------7--|-------------7-7-x\-------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|

      D           E           B
      It catches  fire    at  midnight,

D             E        B
It leaves the room for doubt
D        E       B
But everything's so well-defined
D            E       B
There's only one way out


VERSE2:
Notes:
Play as for VERSE1.

And all the girls are on tonight
The coloured wheels all spin
You're more aware than ever before
You need a prize to win


VERSE3:
And all the funfairs will have one
That is the usual theme
No secret jack in this box
To help the pain within


[INTERLUDE:]
Notes:
The INTERLUDE figure is multi-tracked with various orchestral samples -
here transcribed for guitar.


|-8---7---6---5------------------|-----5---6---7---7---6---5------|
|-----------------8---7---6---7--|-8---------------------------8--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


|-------------------------5---7--|-8---7---6---5------------------|
|-7---6---5---6---7---8----------|-----------------8---7---6---7--|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


|-----5---6---7---7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|-8---------------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|-----------------8~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|-----------------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|-----------------9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
|-----------------7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|


|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & -|



[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x4]


VERSE4:
Quiet country roads and trees,
Birds sing from a cage
You understand you just lost one
You step outside in a rage


VERSE5:
And what's left to believe in?
The children in the lake
I didn't see them go under
Let's try another take


[repeat INTERLUDE]

[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x4]


VERSE6:
Pass me the bottle, I'm leaving
One day you'll understand
We almost make the same mistakes
We hold each other's hand


VERSE7:
"Take this particular shade of grey
Just for a change," I shout.
There's nothing in this fairground
That couldn't be left out


VERSE8:
There isn't much left to show you
Maybe the Tunnel of Love?
Who knows we'll be there forever
Just like the stars above


[repeat INTERLUDE]

[play: Guitar Figure 1]  [x3]

[play: Guitar Figure 1 and end on a strummed B]