Family Hands Mary Chapin Carpenter
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 | D | Em7 | A Asus9 |
| 5x403x | 0x023x | 2x0000 | x0222x x0220x |
| G/B A/C# | D | G A7 | Bm7(4) |
| 5x003x x4222x | 0x0232 | 5x003x x0202x | x2023x |
| E7 | E7 | Em7 | A7 |
| 2x0100 | 2x0100 | 2x0000 | x0202x |
| A7sus4 | A7 |
| x0203x | x0202x | [Now go back to middle of verse]
Coda
| D | Gmaj7/B | D | Gmaj7/B |
| 0x023x | x20032 | 2x0000 | x20032 |
| D A/C# | Bm7 A7 | G A7 | D ||
| 0x023x x4222x | x2023x x0202x | 5x000x x0202x | 000232 ||
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]
E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------1-| G --|------0-0-------|----------------|--------2=0-----|----------0=2---| D 03|3--2------------|----------------|-----3-------2--|0-----2=3-------| A --|triplet---------|----------2-3-2-|0-3-------------|----------------| E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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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, schneider@pobox.com
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