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- From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider)
- Subject: CRD: "A Lot Like Me" (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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- Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 17:27:05 GMT
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- A LOT LIKE ME (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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- [Actually in F; capo 5, I think. Each chord is one measure, except two
- chords joined by a hyphen (e.g., "F - G") are one measure _total_.]
-
- C C F F G G C G C C F F G G C G
- [intro]
-
- C C F F
- He was a long tall stranger from way down south where he'd left his life behind
- Dm G C G
- He had a big old Gibson and a pickup truck and Shenandoah eyes
- C Em F F
- And I remember him sitting in that local bar where I earned my pay each night
- Dm G F - G C G
- Singing my songs to empty chairs and going home half tight
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- C C F F
- So the nights rolled by like headlights shining on a lonesome strip of tar
- Dm G C G
- I kept his words of kindness close to me like a pick on my guitar; And we
- C Em F F
- Talked about the singers and the songs we loved and the songs we'd most forgot
- Dm G F - G C
- In that run-down bar they'd make last call and I'd never want to stop
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- F G
- 'Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams
- C - Em F
- With my cowboy boots and my old six-string
- Dm G C - Em F
- Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars
- C Em/B Am - G F
- When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine
- Dm G F - G
- Like the star that he longed to be, he looked a helluva lot like me
- C C F F G G C G
- (me) [instrumental]
-
- He'd played a lot of places where the only wages were food and beer for free
- No fancy licks, but he had him a gift for the kind of songs he'd sing
- But you do what you can to be a satisfied man, just to have your peace of mind
- So he gave it all up for a government job where the paychecks come on time
-
- So now he comes to the bar to hear me play guitar and to share a drink or two
- And we sit swapping tales of where we've been and what we'd rather do
- There's a wealth of danger when you're talking to strangers, and I meet them
- all the time
- But my heart knew better than my head when I looked into those eyes
-
- 'Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams with my cowboy boots
- and my old six-string
- Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars
- When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine
- Like the star that he longed to be, he looked a hell of a lot like me
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- C C F F G G C G C Em F F Dm G F-G C
- [violin solo] [harmonica solo]
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- Well, maybe I'll quit when I got me a kid and a place to call my own
- But tonight there ain't nobody there waiting up for me at home
- It's a hell of a way to live from day to day not knowing where you're bound
- But the look in his eyes made me realize I was glad for the life I'd found
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- 'Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams with my cowboy boots
- and my old six-string
- Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars
- When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine
- Dm G F - G Am
- Like the star that he longed to be, he looked a hell of a lot like me
- Dm G F - G
- Like the star that he'd always be, he looked a hell of a lot like me
- C C F F G G C C.
- (me) [instrumental]
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- Adam Schneider schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu Minneapolis, MN
- Mail me if you want guitar chords for Mary-Chapin Carpenter,
- Indigo Girls, Suzanne Vega, Lucinda Williams, etc.
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