Family Hands Mary Chapin Carpenter
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[Recorded in F. Mary Chapin plays in dropped-D tuning (DADGBE) in the key
of D, with a capo on the 3rd fret. John Jennings plays the lead part in
C with a capo on the 5th fret (and standard tuning).]
[All the verses aren't _exactly_ the same, but they're close enough
that I only wrote tablature for the first verse.]
[I wasn't able to write tablature for the rhythm guitar during the lead
guitar solos, because the lead guitar gets in the way. But I _have_
written down the exact chord shapes she uses.]
RHYTHM GUITAR (Mary Chapin Carpenter):
[D] [G/B] [D(9)] [G/B] [A7sus4]
E 2--------------- ---------------- ----------0----- ---------------- B ---------------- ----------3----- ----3----------- ----------3----- G ----------2---2- ------0-------0- --------------2- ------0-------0- D ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------2--- A --------0------- 0=2-----2------- ---------------- 0=2-----0------- D 0--------------- ---------------- 0-------0------- ----------------
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[intro]
[D(9)] [D(9)/F#] [G] [D/F#] [Em7]
E ----------0----- ------0--------- ---------------- ------0--------- B ----3----------- --3-------3----- 0--------------- --0-------0----- G --------------2- ---------------- ------0---2---0- ---------------- D ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- A ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- D 0-------0------- 4-------4------- 5-------4------- 2-------2-------
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1. Last Sunday we got in the car and we drove
2. Your grandmother owned a gun in 1932
[A7sus4] [A7] [Asus9] [D] [G/B] [A7sus4]
E ------0--------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- B 3---------3----- 0=2-------0----- 3--------------- --3-------3----- G ---------------- ------0-------2- ----------2---0- ------0-------0- D ----2-------2--- ----2-------2--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------2--- A 0-------0------- 0-------0------- ---------------- 2-------0------- D ---------------- ---------------- 0-------0------- ----------------
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1. To the town you were raised in, your boyhood home
2. When times were bad just everywhere, you said she used it too
[D(9)] [D(9)/F#] [G5] [D/F#] [Em7]
E ----------0----- ------0--------- ---------------- ------0--------- B ---------------- --3-------3----- 3--------------- --0-------0----- G ------2-------2- --------------0- ------0---2---0- --------------0- D ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- A ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- D 0-------0------- 4-------4------- 5-------4------- 2-------2-------
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1. The trees were just turning, up on the ridge
2. And the life and times of everyone are traced inside their palms
[A7sus4] [A7] [Asus9] [D(9)] [G/B] [A7sus4]
E ------0--------- ---------------- ------0--------- ---------------- B 3---------3----- 2---------0----- ----------3----- ---------------- G --------------0- ------0-------2- --------------2- ------0-------0- D ----2-------2--- ----2-------2--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------2--- A 0-------0------- 0-------0------- ---------------- 0=2-----0------- D ---------------- ---------------- 0-------0------- ----------------
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1. And this was your valley when you were a kid
2. Her skin may be so weathered, but her grip is still so strong
[D(9)] [D(9)/F#] [G] [D/F#] [Em7]
E ----------0----- ------0--------- ---------------- ------0--------- B ----3----------- --3-------3----- 0--------------- --0-------0----- G --------------2- --------------0- ------0---2---0- ---------------- D ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- A ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- D 0-------0------- 4-------4------- 5-------4------- 2-------2-------
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1. You showed me the railroad that your daddy worked on
2. And I see your eyes belong to her and too your mama too
3. And a rich man you might never be, they'd love you just the same
[A7sus4] [A7sus4] [Asus9] [D(9)] [G/B] [A7sus4]
E ------0--------- ---------------- ------0--------- 3=2------------- B 3---------3----- 2=3-------0----- 3---------3----- ---------------- G ---------------- ------0-------2- --------------0- ------0---0----- D ----2-------2--- ----2-------2--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------2--- A 0-------0------- 0-------0------- ---------------- 2-------0------- D ---------------- ---------------- 0-------0------- ----------------
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1. As we neared the old house where your granny lives on
2. A slice of Virginia sky, the clearest shade of blue
3. They've handed down so much to you besides your Christian name
[D(9)] [D(9)/F#] [G5] [D/F#] [Em7]
E ----------0----- ------0--------- ---------------- ------0--------- B ----3----------- --3-------3----- 0--------------- --0-------0----- G --------------2- ---------------- ------0---2---0- --------------0- D ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- A ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- D 0-------0------- 4-------4------- 5-------4------- 2-------2-------
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1. She's nearing ninety years now, with her daughters by her side
2. [acoustic guitar solo]
3. And the spoken word won't heal you like the laying on of hands
[A7sus4] [A9] [A7] [Asus4] [D(9)] [D] [D/C#]
E ---------------- ----------0----- 2-----3=2-----0- ---------------- B 3---------0----- 0=2---3--------- ----------3----- --3-------3----- G ------0-------0- --------------2- ---------------- ------2-------0- D ----2-------2--- ----2-------2--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- A 0-------0------- 0-------0------- ---------------- --------4------- D ---------------- ---------------- 0--------------- 0---------------
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1. Who tend the places in the heart where loneliness can hide
2. [acoustic guitar solo]
3. Belonging to the ones who raised you to a man
[Bm7] [Asus9] [G] [A7sus4] [D(9)] [D(9)/C#]
E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------0--------- B ----3-----3----- ------0--------- ----------3----- ----------3----- G ------2-------2- ----------2---0- ------0-------0- --------------0- D ----4-------4--- ----2-------2--- ----0-------2--- ----0-------0--- A 2-------2------- 0-------0------- --------0------- --------4------- D ---------------- ---------------- 5--------------- 0---------------
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1,2,3. Raised by the women who are stronger than you know
[Bm7] [Asus9] [Em7] [A] [Asus4]
E ---------------- ---------------- ------0--------- ----------0----- B ----3-----3----- ------0--------- ----------0----- 2-----3--------- G ------2-------2- ----------2---0- --------------0- --2-----------2- D ----4-------4--- ----2-------2--- ----0-------0--- ----2-------2--- A 2-------2------- 0-------0------- ---------------- 0-------0------- D ---------------- ---------------- 2-------2------- ----------------
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1,2,3. A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn
[D] [D(9)] [D(9)/C#] [D9/C] [G6/B]
E 2-----0--------- ------0--------- ------0--------- ------0--------- B ----------3----- --3-------3----- ----------3----- --3-------3----- G --------------2- --------------2- --------------2- --------------0- D ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- A ---------------- 4-------4------- 3-------3------- 2-------2------- D 0-------0------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
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1,2,3. The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth
[Em7] [D/F#] [G] [A7]
E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- B 0--------------- 0---------0----- ----------2----- G ------0---2---0- ------0-------0- ------0-------0- D ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----2-------2--- A ---------------- ---------------- 0-------0------- D 2-------4------- 5-------5------- ---------------- (3rd time to Coda)
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1,2,3. By your mother and her mother, the weavers of your cloth
[D] [D(9)/C#] [G6/B] [A7] [Asus4]
E ----------2----- 0--------------- ------0--------- ----------0----- B ---------------- ---------------- ----------3----- 2-----3--------- G ------2-------2- ----------2---0- --------------0- --0-----------2- D ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----2-------2--- A ---------------- 4-------4------- 2-------2------- 0-------0------- D 0-------0------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
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1. [instrumental] (1st time: go back to beginning of verse.)
2. [] (2nd time: continue with solo)
Lead guitar solo
[Gmaj7]5x403x 0x[D]023x 2[Em7]x0000 x0[A]222x [Asus9]x0220x
5[G/B]x003x x[A/C#]4222x 0x[D]0232 5x[G]003x x0[A7]202x [Bm7(4)]x2023x
2x[E7]0100 2x[E7]0100 [Em7]2x0000 x0[A7]202x
[A7sus4]x0203x x0[A7]202x [Now go back to middle of verse]
Coda
0x[D]023x [Gmaj7/B]x20032 2x[D]0000 [Gmaj7/B]x20032
0x[D]023x x[A/C#]4222x x[Bm7]2023x x0[A7]202x 5x[G]000x x0[A7]202x 00[D]0232
LEAD GUITAR (John Jennings):
[Remember, tbis is written in C because Jennings bas a 5tb fret capo.]
First solo (end of second verse)
[C] [C/E] [F] [C/E] [Dm7]
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[G7sus4] [G7] [C] [C] [C/B] [Am]
E ---------------- ------0=1------- ---------------- ---------------- -- B 0-----3--------- 0--------------3 ---------------- ---------------- -- G --2=0-----2----- ----------0---4- 5--------------- ---------------- -- D ---------------- ---------------- --------3------- 0=2-----0------- -- A ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------3=2- 0- E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- --
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Longer solo (before third verse)
[C] [G/B] [F/A] [G7]
E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- B ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- G ---------------- ---------------- ------0-2------- ---------------- D -----------3--2- 2/5-----------2- 3-------------32 0--------------- A --------triplet- ---------------- ---------------- ----------23--2- E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
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[Fmaj7] [C] [Dm7] [G]
E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- B ---------------- ------1---3/5-5/ 6~~~--------1-31 0--------------- G --------------2= 0--------------- ----------2----- ---------------- D ------------3--- --3=2----------- ---------------- ---------------- A 0-------0-3----- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
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[F/A] [G/B] [C] [F] [G7] [Am7]
E --1=0----------- --3------------- ---3--1-0------- ---------------- B ------1-3-0=1-3- 5--------------- -----------3--0- 1-----0-1------- G ---------------- ---------------- triplet-0------- --------------0- D ---------------- ---------------- -----------3--0- 2-----0-2------- A ---------------- ---------------- --------triplet- --------------2- E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
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[D7] [D7] [Dm7] [G7]
E ---------------- ---------------- -----------0---- ---------------- B ---------------- ---------------- ------1-1--1--3- 0-----------1=0= G ---------------- ----------0-2=0- ---2--2-2------- 0--------------- D 4--------------- ---------------- 3-------triplet- ---------------- A 0--------------- ---------------- triplet--------- ---------------- E ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
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[G7sus4] [G7]
E ---------------- ---------------- B 1-1=0----------- ---------------- G ------0--------- ---------------- D --------0---3--- ---------------- A ----------3---3- /5-------------- E ---------------- ----------------
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Coda
[C] [Fmaj7] [D] [Fmaj7]
E -- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- B -- 3/5------------- 1--------------- ---------------- ---------------- G 0- --------------0- 2---------0=2--- 0--------------- --------------0- D -- ---------------- --------------3- -----------2--0- ---------------- A -- ---------------- ---------------- -----------3---- 3--------------- D -- ---------------- ---------------- --------triplet- 5---------------
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[C] [G/B] [Am7] [G7] [F] [G7] [C]
E --------------3- ------3--------- ---3--1-0------- ---------------- B 3/5-----3------- 1-------0------- -----------3---- 1--------------- G -----(0)---(0)-- ---(0)---------- triplet-0-----0- 0--------------- D ---------------- ---------------- --------triplet- 2--------------- A ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- 3--------------- D ---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
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- Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
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