This Shirt Mary Chapin Carpenter
<br/> <br/> THIS SHIRT (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)<br/> ----------------------------------<br/> <br/> [Capo 5; each chord is one measure]<br/> [C=x32010; C(4)=x33010; C(9)/B=x20010; Am=x02210; Am/G=3x2210;<br/> Fmaj9=1x3010; G6=3x0000; Em=0x2000; C/G=3x2010; D9/F#=2x0210.]<br/> <br/> C C(4) C C(9)/B C C(4) C C(9)/B<br/> [intro]<br/> <br/> C C(4) C C(9)/B<br/> This shirt is old and faded, all the color's washed away<br/> C C(4) C C(9)/B<br/> I've had it more damn years than I can count anyway<br/> Am Am/G Fmaj9 G6<br/> I wear it beneath my jacket, with the collar turned up high<br/> Am Am/G Fmaj9 G6 C C(4) C C(9)/B<br/> So old I should replace it, but I'm not about to try<br/> <br/> This shirt's got silver buttons, and a place upon the sleeve<br/> Where I used to set my heart up right there where anyone could see<br/> This shirt is the one I wore to every boring high school dance<br/> Where the boys ignored the girls and we all pretended to like the band<br/> <br/> Em Fmaj9 C G6<br/> This shirt was a pillow for my head on a train through Italy<br/> Em Fmaj9 C G6<br/> This shirt was a blanket beneath the love we made in Argeles<br/> Em Fmaj9 C G6<br/> This shirt was lost for three whole days in a town near Buffalo<br/> Am C/G D9/F# G6 C C(4) C C(9)/B<br/> Till I found the locker key in a downtown Trailways bus depot<br/> <br/> This shirt is the one I lent you, and when you gave it back<br/> It had a rip inside the sleeve where you rolled your cigarettes<br/> It was the place I put my heart, now look at where you put a tear<br/> I forgave your thoughtlessness, but not the boy who put it there<br/> <br/> This shirt was the place your cat decided to give birth to five<br/> And we stayed up all night watching, and we wept when the last one died<br/> This shirt is just an old faded piece of cotton<br/> Shining like memories inside those silver buttons<br/> <br/> This shirt is a grand old relic with a grand old history<br/> I wear it now for Sunday chores, cleaning house and raking leaves<br/> I wear it beneath my jacket with the collar turned up high<br/> So old I should replace it, but I'm not about to try<br/> <br/> C C(4) C C(9)/B<br/> [repeat and fade]<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> TAB:<br/> <br/> [Note that this tablature is just four-measure-long PIECES of tab<br/> that you string together to play the whole song.]<br/> [All the chords have the same picking pattern with the thumb playing<br/> an alternating bass line.]<br/> <br/> <br/> C C(4) C C(9)/B<br/> E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|<br/> B ----------1-----|----------1-----|----------1-----|----------1-----|<br/> G --0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|<br/> D ----2-------2---|----3-------3---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|<br/> A 3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|<br/> E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|<br/> ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .<br/> (This shirt is old and faded, all the colors washed away...)<br/> <br/> <br/> Am Am/G Fmaj9 G6<br/> E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|<br/> B ----------1-----|----------1-----|----------1-----|----------0-----|<br/> G --2-----------2-|--2-----------2-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|<br/> D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----3-------3---|----0-------0---|<br/> A 0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|<br/> E ----------------|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|<br/> ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . <br/> (I wear it beneath my jacket, with the collar turned up high...)<br/> <br/> <br/> Em Fmaj9 C G6<br/> E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|<br/> B ----------0-----|----------1-----|----------1-----|----------0-----|<br/> G --0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|<br/> D ----2-------2---|----3-------3---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|<br/> A ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|<br/> E 0-------0-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|<br/> ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . <br/> (This shirt was a pillow for my head on a train through Italy...)<br/> <br/> <br/> Am C/G D9/F# G6<br/> E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|<br/> B ----------1-----|----------1-----|----------1-----|----------0-----|<br/> G --2-----------2-|--0-----------0-|--2-----------2-|--0-----------0-|<br/> D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|<br/> A 0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|<br/> E ----------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|<br/> ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . . ^ . ^ . <br/> (Till I found the locker key in a downtown Trailways bus depot...)<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com<br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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