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- THE MOON AND ST. CHRISTOPHER (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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- * Tuning: DADGBC (yes, C)
- * Actually in F; capo 5.
- * Each chord is half a measure.
- * No guarantees.
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- CHORDS:
- C: x32010 C(9)/E: 230010 Dm7(4): 003030
- Dm7: 033210 Em: 22200x Em7: 25500x
- F(9): 333010 G: 55500x or 55000x Gsus: 5500x0
- Am: x02210
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- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) C(9)/E G
- [intro]
- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) C(9)/E G
- [intro]
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- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) C(9)/E G
- When I was young I spoke like a child, and I saw with a child's eyes
- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) Gsus G
- And an open door was to a girl like the stars are to the sky
- Am F(9) Em Am F(9) Em Gsus G
- It's funny how the world lives up to all your expectations
- Dm7 Dm C(9)/E C(9)/E F(9) F(9) Gsus G
- With adventures for the stout of heart, and the lure of the open spaces
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- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) C(9)/E G
- There's 2 lanes running down this road, whichever side you're on
- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) Gsus G
- Accounts for where you want to go, or what you're running from
- Am F(9) Em Am Dm7 C(9)/E F(9) F(9) F(9) F(9)
- Back when darkness overtook me on a blind man's curve
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- C Dm7(4) G G C Dm7(4) G G
- I relied upon the moon, I relied upon the moon
- C Dm7(4) G G
- I relied upon the moon and Saint
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- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) C(9)/E G
- Christopher [instrumental]
- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) C(9)/E G
- [instrumental]
- Am F(9) Em Am F(9) Em Gsus G
- [instrumental]
- C Dm7(4) G G F(9) F(9) F(9) F(9)
- [instrumental]
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- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) C(9)/E G
- Now I've paid my dues cuz I have owed them, but I've paid a price sometimes
- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) Gsus G
- For being such a stubborn woman in such stubborn times
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- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) C(9)/E G
- Now I've paid my dues cuz I have owed them, but I've paid a price sometimes
- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) Gsus G
- For being such a stubborn woman in such stubborn times
- Am F(9) Em Am F(9) Em Gsus G
- Now I have run from the arms of lovers, I've run from the eyes of friends
- Dm7(4) Dm7(4) C(9)/E C(9)/E F(9) F(9) Gsus G Gsus G
- I have run from the hands of kindness, I've run just because I can
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- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) C(9)/E G
- But now I'm grown and I speak like a woman and I see with a woman's eyes
- C C Dm7(4) Dm7(4) F(9) F(9) Gsus G
- And an open door is to me now like the saddest of goodbyes
- Am F(9) Em Am Dm7 C(9)/E F(9) F(9) F(9) G
- It's too late for turning back, I pray for the heart and the nerve
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- C Dm7(4) G G C Dm7(4) G G
- And I rely upon the moon, I rely upon the moon
- C Dm7(4) G G C Dm7 G G
- I rely upon the moon and Saint Christopher
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- C Dm7(4) G G C Dm7(4) G Em7
- I rely upon the moon, I rely upon the moon
- Am Dm7 G G F(9) F(9)
- I rely upon the moon and Saint Christopher
- C(9)/E C(9)/E Dm7 C(9)/E F(9).
- to be my guide.
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- Here's some tab for the intro...where I put asterisks, that means fill in
- a couple extra notes; I wasn't sure which ones to put in.
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- C Dm7(4) F(9) C(9)/E G
- C ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- B ------1-1---0---|--------3---1---|--------1---0---|------1-0-------|
- G 0---0-----------|------0---------|------0---------|----------0---0-|
- D --2-------------|----3-----------|----3-----------|----0-------0---|
- A 3---------------|--0-------------|--3-------------|--3-------------|
- D ----------------|0---------------|3---------------|2-------5-------|
- ^ . ^ . ^ * ^ * ^ . ^ . ^ * ^ * ^ . ^ . ^ * ^ * ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
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- - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
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