I Am a Town Mary Chapin Carpenter
-----------------------------------<br/> [Actually in C; capo 3. Tuning: D A C# E A E.]<br/> [Mary Cbapin plays tbis witb a tbumbpick; Id recommend trying tbat.]<br/> [I'm sorry if this is a little hard to follow; it seemed to be the best<br/> way to do it.]<br/> <br/> [INTRO:]<br/> D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4<br/> E ----------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------0-------|<br/> A ------0-------0-|----------0-----|------0-------0-|----------0-----|<br/> E ----0-------0---|------0---------|----0-------0---|------0---------|<br/> C#----------------|----1-------0---|----------------|----1-------0---|<br/> A --5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|--5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|<br/> D 4-------0-------|2---------------|4-------0-------|2---------------|<br/> [repeat intro as necessary] I'm a<br/> <br/> [VERSE:]<br/> || A/E A/E E(4)/D D(9)<br/> || E ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|<br/> ||* A --------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|<br/> || E ------0---------|------0---------|------4---------|------2---------|<br/> || C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----3-------0---|----1-------1---|<br/> ||* A --0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|<br/> || D 2---------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|<br/> town in Carolina, I'm a detour on a ride; For a<br/> peaches in September, and corn from a roadside stall; I'm the<br/> church beside the highway where the ditches never drain; I'm a<br/> town in Carolina, I am billboards in the fields; I'm an<br/> <br/> A/E A/E E(4)/D D(9)<br/> E ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|<br/> A --------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|<br/> E ------0---------|------0---------|------4---------|------2---------|<br/> C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----3-------0---|----1-------1---|<br/> A --0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|<br/> D 2---------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|<br/> phone call and a soda, I'm a blur from the driver's side; I'm the<br/> language of the natives, I'm a cadence and a drawl; I'm the<br/> Baptist like my daddy, and Jesus knows my name; I am<br/> old truck up on cinder blocks, missing all my wheels; I am<br/> <br/> D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4<br/> E ----------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------0-------|<br/> A ------0-------0-|----------0-----|------0-------0-|----------0-----|<br/> E ----0-------0---|------0---------|----0-------0---|------0---------|<br/> C#----------------|----1-------0---|----------------|----1-------0---|<br/> A --5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|--5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|<br/> D 4-------0-------|2---------------|4-------0-------|2---------------|<br/> last gas for an hour if you're going twenty-five; I am<br/> pines behind the graveyard, and the cool beneath their shade, where the<br/> memory and stillness, I am lonely in old age; I am<br/> Pabst Blue Ribbon, American, and "Southern Serves the South"; I am<br/> <br/> <br/> D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 ||<br/> E ----------------|--------0-------|-----(0)--------|----------0-----| ||<br/> A ------0-------0-|----------0-----|---(0)0-------0-|--------0-------| *||<br/> E ----0-------0---|------0---------|----0-------0---|------0---------| ||<br/> C#----------------|----1-------0---|----------------|----1-------0---| ||<br/> A --5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|--5-------5-----|--2-----------0-| *||<br/> D 4-------0-------|2---------------|4-------0-------|2---------------| ||<br/> Texaco and tobacco, I am dust you leave behind. I am [repeat]<br/> boys have left their beer cans; I am weeds between the graves. [to bridge]<br/> not your destination; I am clinging to my ways; I am a town. [to solo]<br/> tucked behind the Jaycees sign, on the rural route. [to ending]<br/> <br/> <br/> [BRIDGE:]<br/> F#m9 F#m9 D(9) D(9)<br/> E ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|<br/> A --------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|<br/> E ------4---------|------4---------|------2---------|------2---------|<br/> C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|<br/> A --0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|<br/> D 4---------------|4---------------|0---------------|0---------------|<br/> My porches sag and lean with old black men and children;<br/> <br/> F#m9 F#m9 D(9) D(9)<br/> E --------0-------|----------0-----|--------------0-|----------0-----|<br/> A ------0---0-----|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|<br/> E ----4-----------|------4---------|------2---2-----|------2---------|<br/> C#--0---------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|<br/> A --------------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-------------|--0-----------0-|<br/> D 4---------------|4---------------|0---------------|0---------------|<br/> Their sleep is filled with dreams, I never can fulfill them; I am a<br/> <br/> D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4<br/> E ----------------|----------0-----|----------------|----------0-----|<br/> A ------0-------0-|--------0-------|------0-------0-|--------0-------|<br/> E ----0-------0---|------0---------|----0-------0---|------0---------|<br/> C#----------------|----1-------0---|----------------|----1-------0---|<br/> A --5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|--5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|<br/> D 4-------0-------|2---------------|4-------0-------|2---------------|<br/> town.<br/> <br/> D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4<br/> E ----------------|----------0-----|----------------|----------0-----|<br/> A ------0-------0-|--------0-------|------0-------0-|--------0-------|<br/> E ----0-------0---|------0---------|----0-------0---|------0---------|<br/> C#----------------|----1-------0---|----------------|----1-------0---|<br/> A --5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|--5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|<br/> D 4-------0-------|2---------------|4-------0-------|2---------------|<br/> [Back to beginning of verse 3...]<br/> <br/> <br/> [SOLO:]<br/> F#m9 F#m9/E D(9) D(9)<br/> E ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|<br/> A --------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|<br/> E ------4---------|------4---------|------2---------|------2---------|<br/> C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|<br/> A --0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|<br/> D 4---------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|<br/> <br/> F#m9 F#m9/E D(9) D(9)<br/> E ----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|<br/> A --------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|--------0-------|<br/> E ------4---------|------4---------|------2---------|------2---------|<br/> C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|<br/> A --0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-------------|--0-----------0-|<br/> D 4---------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|<br/> <br/> D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4<br/> E ----------------|----------0-----|----------------|--------0-------|<br/> A ------0-------0-|--------0-------|------0-------0-|------0---------|<br/> E ----0-------0---|------0---------|----0-------0---|------------0---|<br/> C#----------------|----1-------0---|----------------|----1-----------|<br/> A --5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|--5-------5-----|--2-------------|<br/> D 4-------0-------|2---------------|4-------0-------|2---------------|<br/> Ahhhhh..... I'm a<br/> <br/> <br/> [ENDING:]<br/> D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4<br/> E ----------------|----------0-----|----------------|----------0-----|<br/> A ------0-------0-|--------0-------|------0-------0-|--------0-------|<br/> E ----0-------0---|------0---------|----0-------0---|------0---------|<br/> C#----------------|----1-------0---|----------------|----1-------0---|<br/> A --5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|--5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|<br/> D 4-------0-------|2---------------|4-------0-------|2---------------|<br/> I am a town. I am a town. I am a<br/> <br/> D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4<br/> E ----------------|----------0-----|----------------|----------0-----|<br/> A ------0-------0-|--------0-------|------0-------0-|--------0-------|<br/> E ----0-------0---|------0---------|----0-------0---|------0---------|<br/> C#----------------|----1-------0---|----------------|----1-------0---|<br/> A --5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|--5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|<br/> D 4-------0-------|2---------------|4-------0-------|2---------------|<br/> town. Southbound.<br/> <br/> D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4<br/> E ----------------|----------0-----|------0---------|----------0-----|<br/> A ------0-------0-|--------0-------|----0---------0-|--------0-------|<br/> E ----0-------0---|------0---------|------------0---|------0---------|<br/> C#----------------|----1-------0---|----------------|----1-------0---|<br/> A --5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|--5-------5-----|--2-----------0-|<br/> D 4-------0-------|2---------------|4-------0-------|2---------------|<br/>
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