Stones in the Road Mary Chapin Carpenter
STONES IN THE ROAD (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------ [Each chord is half a measure, except chords joined by a hyphen (e.g., C - G/B) are a half measure total.] [Actually in Bb; capo 3.] [Mary Chapin plays this in DADF#GD tuning, but I still can't figure out her chords. I've tried to figure out something which will sound acceptable in standard tuning, and this is the best I've come up with.] n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. [intro: lead acoustic guitar; see tab at end] G D C C D D Am7/G G [intro: all instruments] G D C C D D G G [intro: all instruments] G D C C D D Am7/G G When we were young, we pledged allegiance every morning of our lives G D C C D D Am7/G G The classroom rang with children's voices under teacher's watchful eye G D C C D D Am7/G G We learned about the world around us at our desks and at dinnertime G D C C D D Am7/G G Reminded of the starving children, we cleaned our plates with guilty minds C C D D G C - G D D And the stones in the road shone like diamonds in the dust Am Am Em Em C G D D And then a voice called to us to make our way back home When I was ten, my father held me on his shoulders above the crowd To see a train draped in mourning pass slowly through our town His widow kneeled with all their children at the sacred burial ground And the TV glowed that long hot summer with all the cities burning down And the stones in the road flew out beneath our bicycle tires Worlds removed from all those fires as we raced each other home [guitar solo; same as intro.] [piano solo; use verse chords.] C(9) C(9) C(9) C(9) D D G G And now we drink our coffee on the run, we climb that ladder rung by rung C(9) C(9) C(9) C(9) Em C D D D D We are the daughters and the sons, and here's the line that's missing The starving children have been replaced by souls out on the street We give a dollar when we pass, and hope our eyes don't meet We pencil in, we cancel out, we crave the corner suite We kiss your ass, we make you hold, we doctor the receipt And the stones in the road fly out from beneath our wheels Another day, another deal, before we get back home And the stones in the road leave a mark from whence they came A thousand points of light or shame, baby, I don't know [repeat guitar solo three times; end on G.] ACOUSTIC GUITAR INTRO AND SOLO: Note: let all the notes ring as much as possible. E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --|----0-3---3-----|------------3---|------3-------1-|--0---0---------| G --|0-----2---0-----|--0-----------0-|--0-2-2---0---0-|--0---0---------| D 0-|--0-----------4-|------2---------|4-------------0-|--0---0-------0-| A --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----0-3---------|------------3---|----------------|----------------| G 0-----2---0-----|--0-----------0-|--0-2-0-------0-|----------------| D --0-----------4-|------2---------|4-----0---4---0-|----------------| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . PIANO SOLO (arranged for guitar, obviously): E ----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| B 3-----3---3---3-|3-----------3--3--|3-----------3--3--|1--0--------------| G ----------------|---0--0--0--------|---0--0--0--------|------0--2-----2--| D ----------------|triplet--triplet--|triplet--triplet--|triplet-----2-----| A ----------------|------------------|------------------|---------triplet--| E ----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ------------------|----------------|------1---------|----------------| G 2--0--------0--2--|0---------------|--0-2---------0-|----------------| D ------0--4--------|----------0=2---|4-----------4---|----------------| A triplet--triplet--|--------------3-|----------------|----------------| E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
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