way to do it.] INTRO: DDEDDE7sus4 E ---------------- --------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: AAED(9)D 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 the church beside the highway where the ditches never drain; I'm a town in Carolina, I am billboards in the fields; I'm an AAED(9)D 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 the Baptist like my daddy, and Jesus knows my name; I am old truck up on cinder blocks, missing all my wheels; I am DDEDDE7sus4 E ---------------- --------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 the memory and stillness, I am lonely in old age; I am Pabst Blue Ribbon, American, and "Southern Serves the South"; I am DDEDDE7sus4 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--------------- repeat Texaco and tobacco, I am dust you leave behind. I am to bridge boys have left their beer cans; I am weeds between the graves. to solo not your destination; I am clinging to my ways; I am a town. to ending tucked behind the Jaycees sign, on the rural route. BRIDGE: FFDD(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; FFDD(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 DDEDDE7sus4 E ---------------- ----------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. DDEDDE7sus4 E ---------------- ----------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: FFDD(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--------------- FFDD(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--------------- DDEDDE7sus4 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: DDEDDE7sus4 E ---------------- ----------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 DDEDDE7sus4 E ---------------- ----------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. DDEDDE7sus4 E ---------------- ----------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). - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu