I Am a Town Mary Chapin Carpenter
way to do it.]
[INTRO:]
[D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4] [D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4]
E ---------------- --------0------- ---------------- --------0------- A ------0-------0- ----------0----- ------0-------0- ----------0----- E ----0-------0--- ------0--------- ----0-------0--- ------0--------- C#---------------- ----1-------0--- ---------------- ----1-------0--- A --5-------5----- --2-----------0- --5-------5----- --2-----------0- D 4-------0------- 2--------------- 4-------0------- 2---------------
[repeat intro as necessary] I'm a
[VERSE:]
[A/E] [A/E] [E(4)/D] [D(9)]
E ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------0----- * A --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- E ------0--------- ------0--------- ------4--------- ------2--------- C#----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----3-------0--- ----1-------1--- * A --0-----------0- --0-----------0- --0-----------0- --0-----------0- D 2--------------- 2--------------- 0--------------- 0---------------
town in Carolina, I'm a detour on a ride; For a
peaches in September, and corn from a roadside stall; I'm the
church beside the highway where the ditches never drain; I'm a
town in Carolina, I am billboards in the fields; I'm an
[A/E] [A/E] [E(4)/D] [D(9)]
E ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------0----- A --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- E ------0--------- ------0--------- ------4--------- ------2--------- C#----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----3-------0--- ----1-------1--- A --0-----------0- --0-----------0- --0-----------0- --0-----------0- D 2--------------- 2--------------- 0--------------- 0---------------
phone call and a soda, I'm a blur from the driver's side; I'm the
language of the natives, I'm a cadence and a drawl; I'm the
Baptist like my daddy, and Jesus knows my name; I am
old truck up on cinder blocks, missing all my wheels; I am
[D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4] [D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4]
E ---------------- --------0------- ---------------- --------0------- A ------0-------0- ----------0----- ------0-------0- ----------0----- E ----0-------0--- ------0--------- ----0-------0--- ------0--------- C#---------------- ----1-------0--- ---------------- ----1-------0--- A --5-------5----- --2-----------0- --5-------5----- --2-----------0- D 4-------0------- 2--------------- 4-------0------- 2---------------
last gas for an hour if you're going twenty-five; I am
pines behind the graveyard, and the cool beneath their shade, where the
memory and stillness, I am lonely in old age; I am
Pabst Blue Ribbon, American, and "Southern Serves the South"; I am
[D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4] [D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4]
E ---------------- --------0------- -----(0)-------- ----------0----- A ------0-------0- ----------0----- ---(0)0-------0- --------0------- * E ----0-------0--- ------0--------- ----0-------0--- ------0--------- C#---------------- ----1-------0--- ---------------- ----1-------0--- A --5-------5----- --2-----------0- --5-------5----- --2-----------0- * D 4-------0------- 2--------------- 4-------0------- 2---------------
Texaco and tobacco, I am dust you leave behind. I am [repeat]
boys have left their beer cans; I am weeds between the graves. [to bridge]
not your destination; I am clinging to my ways; I am a town. [to solo]
tucked behind the Jaycees sign, on the rural route. [to ending]
[BRIDGE:]
[F#m9] [F#m9] [D(9)] [D(9)]
E ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------0----- A --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- E ------4--------- ------4--------- ------2--------- ------2--------- C#----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----1-------1--- ----1-------1--- A --0-----------0- --0-----------0- --0-----------0- --0-----------0- D 4--------------- 4--------------- 0--------------- 0---------------
My porches sag and lean with old black men and children;
[F#m9] [F#m9] [D(9)] [D(9)]
E --------0------- ----------0----- --------------0- ----------0----- A ------0---0----- --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- E ----4----------- ------4--------- ------2---2----- ------2--------- C#--0---------0--- ----0-------0--- ----1-------1--- ----1-------1--- A --------------0- --0-----------0- --0------------- --0-----------0- D 4--------------- 4--------------- 0--------------- 0---------------
Their sleep is filled with dreams, I never can fulfill them; I am a
[D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4] [D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4]
E ---------------- ----------0----- ---------------- ----------0----- A ------0-------0- --------0------- ------0-------0- --------0------- E ----0-------0--- ------0--------- ----0-------0--- ------0--------- C#---------------- ----1-------0--- ---------------- ----1-------0--- A --5-------5----- --2-----------0- --5-------5----- --2-----------0- D 4-------0------- 2--------------- 4-------0------- 2---------------
town.
[D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4] [D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4]
E ---------------- ----------0----- ---------------- ----------0----- A ------0-------0- --------0------- ------0-------0- --------0------- E ----0-------0--- ------0--------- ----0-------0--- ------0--------- C#---------------- ----1-------0--- ---------------- ----1-------0--- A --5-------5----- --2-----------0- --5-------5----- --2-----------0- D 4-------0------- 2--------------- 4-------0------- 2---------------
[Back to beginning of verse 3...]
[SOLO:]
[F#m9] [F#m9/E] [D(9)] [D(9)]
E ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------0----- A --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- E ------4--------- ------4--------- ------2--------- ------2--------- C#----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----1-------1--- ----1-------1--- A --0-----------0- --0-----------0- --0-----------0- --0-----------0- D 4--------------- 2--------------- 0--------------- 0---------------
[F#m9] [F#m9/E] [D(9)] [D(9)]
E ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------0----- ----------0----- A --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- --------0------- E ------4--------- ------4--------- ------2--------- ------2--------- C#----0-------0--- ----0-------0--- ----1-------1--- ----1-------1--- A --0-----------0- --0-----------0- --0------------- --0-----------0- D 4--------------- 2--------------- 0--------------- 0---------------
[D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4] [D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4]
E ---------------- ----------0----- ---------------- --------0------- A ------0-------0- --------0------- ------0-------0- ------0--------- E ----0-------0--- ------0--------- ----0-------0--- ------------0--- C#---------------- ----1-------0--- ---------------- ----1----------- A --5-------5----- --2-----------0- --5-------5----- --2------------- D 4-------0------- 2--------------- 4-------0------- 2---------------
Ahhhhh..... I'm a
[ENDING:]
[D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4] [D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4]
E ---------------- ----------0----- ---------------- ----------0----- A ------0-------0- --------0------- ------0-------0- --------0------- E ----0-------0--- ------0--------- ----0-------0--- ------0--------- C#---------------- ----1-------0--- ---------------- ----1-------0--- A --5-------5----- --2-----------0- --5-------5----- --2-----------0- D 4-------0------- 2--------------- 4-------0------- 2---------------
I am a town. I am a town. I am a
[D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4] [D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4]
E ---------------- ----------0----- ---------------- ----------0----- A ------0-------0- --------0------- ------0-------0- --------0------- E ----0-------0--- ------0--------- ----0-------0--- ------0--------- C#---------------- ----1-------0--- ---------------- ----1-------0--- A --5-------5----- --2-----------0- --5-------5----- --2-----------0- D 4-------0------- 2--------------- 4-------0------- 2---------------
town. Southbound.
[D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4] [D(9)/F#] [D(9)] [E7sus4]
E ---------------- ----------0----- ------0--------- ----------0----- A ------0-------0- --------0------- ----0---------0- --------0------- E ----0-------0--- ------0--------- ------------0--- ------0--------- C#---------------- ----1-------0--- ---------------- ----1-------0--- A --5-------5----- --2-----------0- --5-------5----- --2-----------0- D 4-------0------- 2--------------- 4-------0------- 2---------------
[repeat tbese four measures several times, tben end on A (200000).]
- Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
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