Old Lady From Carlsbad Keller Williams
(of String Cheese Incident)
www.scifidelity.com
"Old Lady from Carlsbad"
from the album "Laugh" (2002)
Transcribed by Adam Lawrence (AdamL84@nycap.rr.com)
Please email me if you have any suggestions/comments/corrections.
Keep in mind that I am a sax player by trade, guitar is not my strong suit!
This is a pretty straight-forward folk song using only the
I, IV and V chords, key of F major. Emphasis is on the off-beats
throughout the song.
---- = 1 beat
tempo = 120
Intro:
|--1---1---1-----|--1---1---------| |--1---1---1-----|--1---144-------| |----------------|----------312---| |----------------|-------------32-| |-------------05-|----------------| |1-----------3---|1---------------|
Verse:
Met an old lady from Carlsbad who got bit on the ankle by a spider
[F] [Bb] [C]
Swelled on up to about the size of her knee
[F] [C]
Carryin' clothes in a plastic bag and breathin' kinda heavy
[F] [Bb]
Havin' a hard day it was plain to see
[F] [C] [F]
Transition (just after previous "F" chord)
|----------------| |----------------| |----------------| |------0-3-------| |---1-3----------| |1-3-------------|
She said "Somebody stole my shopping cart, it sittin' outside the door.
[Bb] [F]
I don't understand who could be so cruel!"
[F] [C]
She said "Karma is a serious thing and a force to be reckoned with, and,
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
Well, the whippersnapper that took it is a fool!"
[F] [C] [F]
Transition (just after previous "F" chord)
|----------------| |----------------| |----------------| |------0-3-------| |---1-3----------| |1-3-------------|
And now I'm walkin' with an old lady down to the corner bus stop
[C] [F]
Talkin' 'bout Jesus and how her heart he won
[Bb] [F] [C]
Talkin' with an old lady down at the corner bus stop
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
She said "'Spect you a miracle for the deed you done!"
[F] [C] [F]
End (just after previous "F" chord)
|----------------| |----------------| |----------------| |------0-3-------| |---1-3----------| |1-3-------------|
That's it! Enjoy!
-And remember, "Karma is a serious thing and a force to be reckoned with!"
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