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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) E7sus4E ----------------|--------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 thechurch beside the highway where the ditches never drain; I'm atown 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 theBaptist like my daddy, and Jesus knows my name; I amold truck up on cinder blocks, missing all my wheels; I am
- D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4 D(9)/F# D(9) E7sus4E ----------------|--------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 thememory and stillness, I am lonely in old age; I amPabst 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) E7sus4E ----------------|----------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) E7sus4E ----------------|----------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) E7sus4E ----------------|----------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) E7sus4E ----------------|----------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) E7sus4E ----------------|----------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).]
- PLAY TOO ..
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