by Persson/Svensson/Sveningson Performed by the Cardigans from "Hey get out off my way E.P."
First, I definitely think that the Cardigans use a Capo on the second fret, and that the key of "Carnival" is E. Basically, if you play "Carnival" in E, you will use the following chords:
Chords ------
1) near the capo
As you can see, the first chord is a strange F#m maybe 7 or 9, I don't know, but it sounds exactly like in "Carnival". The chords 4,5 and 6 are the bossa-style chords that are so hard to catch on "by my door, waiting for you".
e:-----2+------2------2------0------0------0------2------0------3----- B:-----2+------3------3------3------0------0------3------2------0----- G:-----2+------0------3------2------0------0------4------2------0----- D:-----2+------2------0------0------5------4------4------2------0----- A:-----2+-----(2)-------------------4------3------2------0------2----- E:-----2+-----------------------------------------2------0------3----- ^ ^ Dsus2* the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Capo! are the chords you get without the capo
2) Since I don't have any capo, here are the chords I play