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- # From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider)
- {t:Stones in the Road}
- {st:Mary Chapin Carpenter}
-
- #(Each chord is half a measure, except chords joined by a hyphen
- # (e.g., C - G/B) are a half measure total.)
- #(Actually in Bb; capo 3.)
- #(Mary Chapin plays this in a non-standard tuning, and I'm not sure which
- # tuning she uses. Thus, these chords are wrong. I've tried to figure out
- # something which will sound acceptable in standard tuning, and this is
- # the best I've come up with.)
-
- [N.C.](intro[N.C.]: lead[N.C.] acous[N.C.]tic gu[N.C.]itar; [N.C.]see ta[N.C.]b at e[N.C.]nd)
-
- [G](in[D]tro[C]: a[C]ll in[D]str[D]ume[Am7/G]nts) [G]
- [G](in[D]tro[C]: a[C]ll in[D]str[D]ume[G]nts[G])
-
- [G] When we were [D]young, we [C]pledged all[C]egiance[D] every [D]morning [Am7/G]of our l[G]ives
- [G] The class[D]room rang wit[C]h children's vo[C]ices[D] under [D]teacher's w[Am7/G]atchful e[G]ye
- [G] We learned a[D]bout the [C]world ar[C]ound us[D] at our [D]desks and a[Am7/G]t dinnert[G]ime
- [G] Remind[D]ed of the [C]starving[C] children, [D]we cleaned o[D]ur plates with [Am7/G]guilty mi[G]nds
-
- [C] And the [C]stones [D]in the r[D]oad [G]shone like [C]diam[G]onds [D]in the d[D]ust
- [Am] And then a [Am]voice c[Em]alled to u[Em]s to [C]make our w[G]ay back h[D]ome [D]
-
- When I was ten, my father held me on his shoulders above the crowd
- To see a train draped in mourning pass slowly through our town
- His widow kneeled with all their children at the sacred burial ground
- And the TV glowed that long hot summer with all the cities burning down
-
- And the stones in the road flew out beneath our bicycle tires
- Worlds removed from all those fires as we raced each other home
-
- {c:guitar solo; same as intro.}
-
- {c:piano solo; use verse chords.}
-
- And now we [C(9)]drink our c[C(9)]offee o[C(9)]n the r[C(9)]un, we [D]climb that [D]ladder [G]rung by r[G]ung
- We [C(9)]are the [C(9)]daughters a[C(9)]nd the s[C(9)]ons, and [Em]here's the [C]line that's [D]missing[D] [D] [D]
-
- The starving children have been replaced by souls out on the street
- We give a dollar when we pass, and hope our eyes don't meet
- We pencil in, we cancel out, we crave the corner suite
- We kiss your ass, we make you hold, we doctor the receipt
-
- And the stones in the road fly out from beneath our wheels
- Another day, another deal, before we get back home
-
- And the stones in the road leave a mark from whence they came
- A thousand points of light or shame, baby, I don't know
-
- {c:repeat guitar solo three times; end on G.}
-
- {sot}
- {c:ACOUSTIC GUITAR INTRO AND SOLO:}
-
- Note: let all the notes ring as much as possible.
- E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- B --|----0-3---3-----|------------3---|------3-------1-|--0---0---------|
- G --|0-----2---0-----|--0-----------0-|--0-2-2---0---0-|--0---0---------|
- D 0-|--0-----------4-|------2---------|4-------------0-|--0---0-------0-|
- A --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
- E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- B ----0-3---------|------------3---|----------------|----------------|
- G 0-----2---0-----|--0-----------0-|--0-2-0-------0-|----------------|
- D --0-----------4-|------2---------|4-----0---4---0-|----------------|
- A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
-
- {c:PIANO SOLO (arranged for guitar, obviously):}
- E ----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
- B 3-----3---3---3-|3-----------3--3--|3-----------3--3--|1--0--------------|
- G ----------------|---0--0--0--------|---0--0--0--------|------0--2-----2--|
- D ----------------|triplet--triplet--|triplet--triplet--|triplet-----2-----|
- A ----------------|------------------|------------------|---------triplet--|
- E ----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
- ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
- E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- B ------------------|----------------|------1---------|----------------|
- G 2--0--------0--2--|0---------------|--0-2---------0-|----------------|
- D ------0--4--------|----------0=2---|4-----------4---|----------------|
- A triplet--triplet--|--------------3-|----------------|----------------|
- E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
- {eot}