Carpenter Mary Chapin

Carpenter Mary Chapin - I Am A Town guitar tab

I AM A TOWN (Mary Chapin Carpenter)

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[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, schneider@pobox.com

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