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- #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
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- I AM A TOWN (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
- -----------------------------------
- [Actually in C; capo 3. Tuning: D A C# E A E.]
- [Mary Chapin plays this with a thumbpick; I'd recommend trying that.]
- [I'm sorry if this is a little hard to follow; it seemed to be the best
- 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 these four measures several times, then end on A (200000).]
-
-
- - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
-
-