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- RHYTHM OF THE BLUES (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
- -------------------------------------------
- [This song is actually in F. These chords with the lyrics are the chords
- that Mary-Chapin Carpenter plays; she has a capo on the 3rd fret and plays
- it in D. John Jennings plays it in C with a capo at the fifth fret.]
-
- D A Em7 Em7 D A Em7 Em7
- [intro]
-
- D A Em7 Em7
- I can hear the rain come down, I can listen with my heart
- D A Em7 Em7
- I can see with both eyes closed in the dark
- G G (D) G G
- Sleep will come in just a while but till it does I choose
- D Bm G G
- To listen to the rain, it's the rhythm of the blues
-
- I walk along these streets of home that once belonged to us
- And now baby I walk alone and I am lost
- In the sound of my own footsteps on the avenues
- I guess I'm only walking to rhythm of the blues
-
- F#m Bm G A F#m Bm G A
- I don't wanna hear another word spoken, I don't wanna see another tear shed
- F#m Bm G A C C G G G G
- I can't seem to fix what's broken, like this record baby in my head
-
- D A Em7 Em7 D A Em7 Em7
- [instrumental]
-
- Lonely looks as bad on me as lonely looks on you
- And still we keep on moving to the rhythm of the blues
-
- I want a place to call my own, where you have never been
- I wanna look around and know you won't be coming back again
- On some pretense paper-thin that I can see right through
- You come and go baby, like the rhythm of the blues
- You come and go baby, like the rhythm of the blues
- You come and go baby, like the rhythm of the blues...
-
- [end on G]
-
-
-
- TABLATURE
- ---------
- [Note that the tab parts are written as if there is a capo at the fifth
- fret, since this is how John Jennings plays the song. I'm not sure that
- these are the _exact_ fingerings that Jennings uses, but they work.]
-
-
- INTRO:
-
- [This is played twice, more or less. The notes in parentheses are probably
- played by the other guitar. The "strum" markers note places where there's
- a noticable strum, but I don't know on which notes.]
-
- C G Dm7 Dm7
- E ------s---------|----------------|----------------|----------s-----|
- B ------t---------|----------------|----------------|------1---t-----|
- G ------r-----O---|----------------|----------------|----O-----r-----|
- D ------u---O2--O-|----------------|----------------|--3-------u-----|
- A 3-----m---------|----------3-2-O-|-----(O)--------|----------m-O-2-|
- E ----------------|----------------|-----------(3=5)|----------------|
- ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
-
-
-
- GUITAR SOLO:
-
- [If you're using a pick, play the double-stops with a slow sweep for that
- arpeggio effect. Doesn't work as well with bare fingers.]
- [A variation: at the end of the second C measure, instead of 3-2-0, play
- it like the end of the second G measure (but on the D & G strings).]
-
- C G Dm7 Dm7
- E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- B ---6|6-5------------1|1-O-----3--1--O-|O1O-------------|----------------|
- G --7-|7-5-----------2-|2-O-----0triplet|---2------------|------------O---|
- D ----|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------------3-|
- A ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
-
- C G Dm7 Dm7 (C)
- E ----------------|----------------|------s-------s-|------------s---|
- B ----------------|----------------|------t-------t-|------------t---|
- G ----------------|----------------|------r-------r-|------------r---|
- D 2---------3-2-O-|------------O---|------u-------u-|------------u---|
- A ----------------|--------2=3---O-|------m-------m-|------------m---|
- E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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-
- - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
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-