This Shirt Mary Chapin Carpenter
From archive-owner Mon Sep 12 01:02:58 1994 NNTP-Posting-Host: ucscb.ucsc.edu Xref: jhunix1.hcf.jhu.edu alt.guitar.tab:29171 rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature:23757 rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic:7104 Status: OR I've posted this before, but without tablature. Frankly, if you already knew how to play it, the tab won't do much for you. It's a pretty simple fingerpicking song, great for beginners or for mindless practice. :) By the way, I saw an interview once where MCC said that everything in this song is real. Adam THIS SHIRT (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ---------------------------------- [Capo 5; each chord is one measure] [C=x32010; C(4)=x33010; C(9)/B=x20010; Am=x02210; Am/G=3x2210; Fmaj9=1x3010; G6=3x0000; Em=0x2000; C/G=3x2010; D9/F#=2x0210.] C C(4) C C(9)/B C C(4) C C(9)/B [intro] C C(4) C C(9)/B This shirt is old and faded, all the color's washed away C C(4) C C(9)/B I've had it more damn years than I can count anyway Am Am/G Fmaj9 G6 I wear it beneath my jacket, with the collar turned up high Am Am/G Fmaj9 G6 C C(4) C C(9)/B So old I should replace it, but I'm not about to try This shirt's got silver buttons, and a place upon the sleeve Where I used to set my heart up right there where anyone could see This shirt is the one I wore to every boring high school dance Where the boys ignored the girls and we all pretended to like the band Em Fmaj9 C G6 This shirt was a pillow for my head on a train through Italy Em Fmaj9 C G6 This shirt was a blanket beneath the love we made in Argeles Em Fmaj9 C G6 This shirt was lost for three whole days in a town near Buffalo Am C/G D9/F# G6 C C(4) C C(9)/B Till I found the locker key in a downtown Trailways bus depot This shirt is the one I lent you, and when you gave it back It had a rip inside the sleeve where you rolled your cigarettes It was the place I put my heart, now look at where you put a tear I forgave your thoughtlessness, but not the boy who put it there This shirt was the place your cat decided to give birth to five And we stayed up all night watching, and we wept when the last one died This shirt is just an old faded piece of cotton Shining like memories inside those silver buttons This shirt is a grand old relic with a grand old history I wear it now for Sunday chores, cleaning house and raking leaves I wear it beneath my jacket with the collar turned up high So old I should replace it, but I'm not about to try C C(4) C C(9)/B [repeat and fade] TAB: [Note that this tablature is just four-measure-long PIECES of tab that you string together to play the whole song.] [All the chords have the same picking pattern with the thumb playing an alternating bass line.] C C(4) C C(9)/B E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------| B ----------1-----|----------1-----|----------1-----|----------1-----| G --0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-| D ----2-------2---|----3-------3---|----2-------2---|----2-------2---| A 3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|0-------0-------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . (This shirt is old and faded, all the colors washed away...) Am Am/G Fmaj9 G6 E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------| B ----------1-----|----------1-----|----------1-----|----------0-----| G --2-----------2-|--2-----------2-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-| D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----3-------3---|----0-------0---| A 0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|3-------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . (I wear it beneath my jacket, with the collar turned up high...) Em Fmaj9 C G6 E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------| B ----------0-----|----------1-----|----------1-----|----------0-----| G --0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-|--0-----------0-| D ----2-------2---|----3-------3---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------| E 0-------0-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . (This shirt was a pillow for my head on a train through Italy...) Am C/G D9/F# G6 E ------0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------| B ----------1-----|----------1-----|----------1-----|----------0-----| G --2-----------2-|--0-----------0-|--2-----------2-|--0-----------0-| D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A 0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . . ^ . ^ . (Till I found the locker key in a downtown Trailways bus depot...) ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-== Adam Schneider indigo@ucscb.ucsc.edu St. Paul, MN Mail me if you want guitar chords for Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls, Suzanne Vega, Lucinda Williams, etc. ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-==
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