CARPENTER MARY CHAPIN - "stones in the road" Tablature

STONES IN THE ROAD (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in Bb; capo 3; tuning: DADF#GD.]
[The chords need some explanation. There are two ways to play G, and two
ways to play D. The chords that say G? or D? are places where she sometimes
plays it one way, and sometimes the other. (It doesn't mean I'm not sure
about the chord!) Also, the chord names are over-simplified; Am7 is really
Am7(4), Em is really Em9, etc.]

[G = 055500; D = 000020; C(9) = 230100; D* = 453000; Am7 = 777600;
G* = 020100; Gsus4 = 030100; Em = 222000; Em/D = 022000; Em* = 222100.]
[Thanks a lot to Chris Pelow (pelow@krdc.int.alcan.ca) for the help with the
chord fingerings, and John Smiley (jd4147@halcyon.com) for the videotape.]

n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c.
[intro: lead acoustic guitar; see tab at end]

G D C(9) C(9) D? D? Am7 Am7
[intro: all instruments]
G D C(9) C(9) D? D? G? G?
[intro: all instruments]

G D C(9) C(9) D? D? Am7 Am7
When ..
G D C(9) C(9) D? D? G? G?
The ..
G D C(9) C(9) D? D? Am7 Am7
We ..
G D C(9) C(9) D? D? G? G?
Reminded ..

C(9) C(9) D D G* Gsus4 - G* D D
And ..
Am7 Am7 Em Em/D C(9) G* D D
And ..

When ..
To ..
His ..
And ..

And ..
Worlds ..

[guitar solo; same as intro.]
[piano solo; use intro/verse chords.]

C(9) C(9) C(9) C(9) D D G* G*
And ...
C(9) C(9) C(9) C(9) Em* C(9) D D D D
We ..

The ..
We ..
We ..
We ..

And ..
Another ..

And ..
A ..

[repeat guitar solo three times; end on G.]




ACOUSTIC GUITAR INTRO AND SOLO:

Note: let all the notes ring as much as possible.
G D C D Am7
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 --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

G D C D G
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 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .



PIANO SOLO (arranged for guitar, obviously):
G D C D Am7
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 ----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
G D C D G
E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------------------|----------------|------1---------|----------------|
G 2--0--------0--2--|0---------------|--0-2---------0-|----------------|
D ------0--4--------|----------0=2---|4-----------4---|----------------|
A triplet--triplet--|--------------3-|----------------|----------------|
E ------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .



- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com