Stones in the Road   Mary Chapin Carpenter

 
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 [Actually in Bb; capo 3; tuning: DADF#GD.] 


 [The chords need some explanation. There are two ways to play G, and two


 ways to play D. The chords that say G? or D? are places where she sometimes


 plays it one way, and sometimes the other. (It doesn't mean I'm not sure


 about the chord!) Also, the chord names are over-simplified; Am7 is really


 Am7(4), Em is really Em9, etc.]


 


 [G = 055500; D = 000020; C(9) = 230100; D* = 453000; Am7 = 777600;


 G* = 020100; Gsus4 = 030100; Em = 222000; Em/D = 022000; Em* = 222100.]


 [Thanks a lot to Chris Pelow (pelow@krdc.int.alcan.ca) for the help with the


 chord fingerings, and John Smiley (jd4147@halcyon.com) for the videotape.]


 


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 [intro: lead acoustic guitar; see tab at end] 


 


 G D C(9) c(9) D? D? Am7 Am7


 [intro: all instruments] 


 G D C(9) c(9) D? D? G? G?


 [intro: all instruments] 


 


 G D C(9) c(9) D? D? Am7 Am7


 When we were young, we pledged allegiance every morning of our lives


 G D C(9) c(9) D? D? G? G?


 The classroom rang with children's voices under teacher's watchful eye


 G D C(9) c(9) D? D? Am7 Am7


 We learned about the world around us at our desks and at dinnertime


 G D C(9) c(9) D? D? G? G?


 Reminded of the starving children, we cleaned our plates with guilty minds


 


 C(9) c(9) D D G* Gsus4 - G* D D


 And the stones in the road shone like dia - monds in the dust


 Am7 Am7 Em Em/D C(9) 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 intro/verse cbords.] 


 


 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(9) 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 The starving children have been replaced by souls out on the street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 tbree times; end on G.] 


 


 ACOUSTIC GUITAR INTRO AND SOLO:


 


 Note: let all the notes ring as much as possible.


 G D c D Am7


 

 
 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 --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 


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 G D c D G


 

 
 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 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 


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 PIANO SOLO (arranged for guitar, obviously):


 G D c D Am7


 

 
 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 ----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

 


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 G D c D G


 

 
 E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 B ------------------|----------------|------1---------|----------------|
 G 2--0--------0--2--|0---------------|--0-2---------0-|----------------|
 D ------0--4--------|----------0=2---|4-----------4---|----------------|
 A triplet--triplet--|--------------3-|----------------|----------------|
 E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|