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Carnival Tab

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Song: "Carnival" by "Our Lady Peace"
Tuning - Down 1/2 Step

[Intro] - 1x
E|-0-----------2-----------0----------------------|
B|-0-----------2-----------0----------------------|
G|-2-----------2-----------1----------------------|  3x
D|-2-----------4-----------2----------------------| Then
A|-0-----------4-----------2----------------------|
E|-------------2-----------0----------------------|

E|-0-----------2-----------|
B|-0-----------2-----------|
G|-2-----------2-----------|
D|-2-----------4-----------|
A|-0-----------4-----------|
E|-------------2-----------|

[Bridge] - 1x
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-16-----16-----16--17-----------19--16-----16-----16--17-----------|
G|-----------------------18---------------------------------16-------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-16-----16-----16--17-----------19--16-----16-----16--17--19-------|
G|-----------------------18------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse] - 1x
E|-0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
B|-0-----0-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
G|-2-----2-----2-----2-----1-----1-----1-----1-----|  3x
D|-2-----2-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----| Then
A|-0-----0-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-----|
E|-------------2-----2-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|

E|-0-----0-----2-----------|
B|-0-----0-----2-----------|
G|-2-----2-----2-----------|
D|-2-----2-----4-----------|
A|-0-----0-----4-----------|
E|-------------2-----------|

[Chorus] - 1x
E|-------------------------------------------0---0-0-0-|
B|-------------------------------------------0---0-0-0-|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-6---x---------------------------1---1-1-1-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-6---x-7---7-7-7-4---4--4-4--4-4-2---2-2-2-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-4---x-7---7-7-7-4---4--4-4--4-4-2---2-2-2-|
E|---------------x-5---5-5-5-2---2--2-2--2-2-0---0-0-0-|

E|------------------------------------------0---0-0--0-|
B|------------------------------------------0---0-0--0-|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-6---x--------------------------1---1-1--1-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-6---x-7---7-7-7-4---4--4-4-7---2---2-2--2-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-4---x-7---7-7-7-4---4--4-4-7---2---2-2--2-|
E|---------------x-5---5-5-5-2---2--2-2-5---0---0-0--0-|

E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-6---x-7-7-7-7---x-7-7-7-7---x-7/9-7-6-6---6-6--6-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-6---x-7-7-7-7---x-7-7-7-7---x-7/9-7-6-6---6-6--6-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-4---x-5-5-5-5---x-5-5-5-5---x-5/7-5-4-4---4-4--4-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------2---------------------|
G|-4-4-4-4-4-6---x---------------3---------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-6---x-7---7-7-7-4---4---------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-4---x-7---7-7-7-4-------------------------|
E|---------------x-5---5-5-5-2-------------------------|

[Bridge] - 1x
[Verse] - 1x
[Chorus] - 1x

[Interlude] - 1x
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-------9-------9-------9---------------------------------------|  3x
G|-----7-------7-------7-------7---6-------6-------6-------6-------| Then
D|-------------------------------------6-------6-------6-------6---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------|
B|-9-------9-------9-------9-------------------|
G|-----7-------7-------7-------7---6-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

[Chorus] - 2x
[Bridge] - 5x

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Carnival Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Lyssa CHAOS Average	#1 by Lyssa CHAOS at Sep 28, 1970 at 1:24 PM EST
	Whenever life gets you down, pointless things frustrate you. Like cracks in the pavement. They mean nothing to you, but you still get annoying and angry at them. That's what it means to me after listening to it again. The line "The carnival comes back" I take symbolically. Raine is saying that no matter how bad life looks, good things will come again. You get sad when the carnival leaves, when you get thrown a curveball in the game of life, but the carnival comes back, it always does. "You know you're not a strong man". You aren't strong enough to take the things you are going through. Recently I went through some tough times and the first verse is almost like Raine is speaking to me personally. Its a good song, really good.

No Picture December Underg Average	#2 by December Underground at May 5, 1973 at 2:37 AM EST
	For your information, the line is "the carnival CLOSED DOWN"

No Picture Christian Wanna Be	#3 by Christian Chavez at Jul 5, 1978 at 1:08 AM EST
	i read once that raine said that he was walking down the pavement with his friends and they were skipping over the cracks like how they used to do when they were kids and raine started thinking about how maybe this isnt just a game and maybe its really just preperation for the metaphoric cracks your going to have to jump over in your real life like your mother dies or you get pregnant or you need to get into a really good school and those are the cracks of life that we have to jump over to succeed in life. if i can find where i read it, ill post it...

No Picture brennan Average	#4 by brennan collins at Nov 8, 1979 at 7:50 AM EST
	I don't like this yet. But the 'do-do-do' part at the end is catchy...

No Picture scotty 2 hotty Rhythm Player	#5 by scotty 2 hotty at Oct 22, 1987 at 3:12 PM EST
	I think this song is about the everyday problems in life driving you insane. The stressors in life are as numerous as cracks in the pavement and you can go mad trying to avoid them. I have no idea what the hell "yoga class for cats" means, though.

No Picture Quinn Rhythm Player	#6 by Quinn I killed my last name at Aug 31, 1992 at 11:09 PM EST
	"Hey, you all remember that game where you're, you're like 8 years old or 9 years old? You'd be walking home from 4th grade, remember 4th grade? Remember your 4th grade teacher? Mine was Ms. Bealak, she was a real bitch. Remember 4th grade and you're walking home right? All of a sudden you're jumping, like this, right? You're avoiding the cracks, you're not steppin' on the cracks because, remember that game? Don't step on the cracks, don't break you're mother's back. Well we're playing in Denver, it's hot as shit and we're all exausted by the heat and all, Mike and I are walking right, and we start hopping over the cracks like a bunch of idiots, hold on, you don't understand. In my crazy head I start thinking about this silly kids' game, it's supposed to be this silly kids game where you hop over the cracks, you don't break your mother's back, I'm thinking; you know what this isn't a game, this is like preparation for being an adult, or being like a teenager, and what happens, hold on, those cracks become the math exam you failed, or the girlfriend or boyfriend, and now you're having a baby, they're pregnant, or the day your parents sit you down and tell you that they're getting a divorce. Those are the cracks that you have to hop over, you guys get that? This is what I'm thinking, and you're mother's back becomes your back. And no shit that it is to hard to take and sometimes you're gonna break right? Well this next song is about those days when you feel like you're surrounded by the cracks, they're all around you, It's called 'carnival'." Raine Maida

No Picture Brett Professional	#7 by Brett Czap at Sep 8, 1995 at 10:34 AM EST
	LOL It's You're the class forecast LOL Get it, the person is sad, class forecast, like a forecast of rain LOL friggin hilarious this site is "Yoga class for cats" LOL that is funny

No Picture Sally Average	#8 by Sally Gray at Oct 9, 1995 at 5:06 AM EST
	No cruxvader, the lyrics in the booklet actually say, "the sign said 'yoga class for cats'". We weren't hearing it wrong, it says so in the book, and you can hear it pretty clearly anyway.

No Picture Celebrimbor Rhythm Player	#9 by Celebrimbor Calaelen at Dec 8, 2001 at 10:50 AM EST
	without the 's' I mean. it's kinda late.

No Picture blake Average	#10 by blake pratt at Jun 13, 2004 at 12:57 AM EST
	I think the line "yoga class for cats" is saying cats is reffering to flexable and the ordinary person can't join, so that leads to frustation. "the carnival closed down" probably refers to that your not a kid anymore and suddenly you have all these problems to deal with.

No Picture niles Wanna Be	#11 by niles lewis at Mar 16, 2005 at 10:55 AM EST
	Perhaps the 'yoga class for cats' reference is literal; in fact, I heard the same story. However, it could also signify all those things in society that make you wonder where we're headed as a people. Have you seen a sign or a TV ad that made you think about just how pathetic people would have to be to buy into it? The reference to dynamite and bankrupting the sky could mean the inefficient and irresponsible handling of earth's resources, and how some don't seem to care what happens to them. All these little things add up to make you seriously question the sanity of society. Despite this, you keep living your life amongst an insane people... if they ever 'turn around', you'll be right there.

No Picture Trevor Average	#12 by Trevor fun with drugs at Oct 28, 2005 at 3:03 PM EST
	This song is so powerful. The song starts with this carnival style music at it's slow pace, but it adds to the overall effect of the whole song. ... When the chorus' crashing beat is added, the whole song is changed from how you perceive the song to be based from the introduction. I used to always listen to this song when my days were not exactly depressing, but rough on the edges, the dull days where things would and wouldn't go the way I wished. I just feel so much more stronger and not alone.