CARPENTER MARY CHAPIN - "something of a dreamer" Tablature

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SOMETHING OF A DREAMER (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Mary Chapin Carpenter plays this in A with a capo on the 2nd fret;
John Jennings' lead part is in G with a capo on the 4th fret. The
chords written here are MCC's.]
[It's possible that MCC's guitar is in a weird tuning, but I can't tell
for sure.]
[The E* chords alternate between Esus4 and E.]
[Thanks to Pete Smith (PWSmith853@aol.com) for the capo information and
the inspiration to write this one down.]

A - Asus4/F# A - E A - Asus4/F# A - E
[intro; see tab at end for details]
A - Asus4/F# A - E A - Asus4/F# A - E
[intro]

A D/F# E* E*
She ..
A D/F# E E
She ..
A D/F# E* E*
One ..
A D/F# E A
Throw ..

D E A D
She's ..
D E F#m E [note: no A chord here]
Something ..

And ..
A ..
And ..
His ..

D E A D
She's ..
D E F#m E - A
Something ..

D E A D D E F#m E - A7
[guitar solo]


D E A E - A
Well ..
D E F#m E - A
She ..
D E A E - A
When ..
D E F#m E - A
He ..

She's ..
Something ..

She's ..
Something ..

She's ..
Something ..

A - Asus4/F# A - E A - Asus4/F# A - E
[instrumental, same as intro; comes in on the word "you" (2 beats missing!)]
A - Asus4/F# A - E A - Asus4/F# A - E - A.
[instrumental]



INTRO (MCC's part):

[This tab is assuming that she uses normal tuning (capo on the 4th fret).]
A Asus4/F# A E A Asus4/F# A E
E ----------------|------0---------|----------------|------0---------|
B ----------------|------------0---|----------------|------------0---|
G ------2-------2-|----2-------1---|------2-------2-|----2-------1---|
D ----2-------2---|------------2---|----2-------2---|------------2---|
A 0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
E --------0=2-----|--------0-------|--------0=2-----|--------0-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


GUITAR SOLO (John Jennings):
C D G C
E ------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------|----------------|------------1---|1---------------|----------------|
G ------|----0-0-----0-2-|----------2---4-|--4-0-----------|----------------|
D ----0-|2-4-------4-----|------0-4-------|------0-----0-4-|2=0-------------|
A 2=3---|----------------|----------------|--------2=3-----|----3-----------|
E ------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
. ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

C D Em D G7
E --------0-2=3-3-|--2-------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----1-3---------|------3---------|--------0-1-3-0-|1---------------|
G --0-------------|----------2/4---|----0-2---------|--2---0---------|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----4-----3---2-|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

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