Mr. Tanner - Harry Chapin Chords
Chords: G, Em, D, C, Bb, Am7, Bm, Eb, Abm, Am
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G G Em
Mister Tanner was a cleaner from a town in the Mid
G/d
west
G G Em
And of all the cleaning shops around hed made his the
D
best
C Bb Am7 G
But he also was a baritone who sang while hanging
G Em
He practiced scales while pressing tails and sang at local
D
shows
Em D
His friends and neighbors praised the voice that poured out
Em D
They said that he should use his gift in stead of cleaning
G Bm Am7
But music was his life, it was not his livelihood
Em G
And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so
D/c
good
G C G D
And he sang from his heart and he sang from his
G C G C
He did not know how well he sang, it just made him
G
whole
G G Em
His friends kept working on him to try music out full
G/d
time
G G Em D
A big debut and rave reviews a great career to
C Bb Am7 G
Finally they got to him he would take the fling
G Em D
A concert agent in New York agreed to have him sing
Em D
And there were plane tickets, phone calls, money spent to
Em D
It took most of his savings but he gladly used them all
G Bm Am7
But music was his life, it was not his livelihood
Em G
And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so
D/c
good
G C G D
And he sang from his heart and he sang from his
G C G C
He did not know how well he sang, it just made him
G
whole
G G Em
The evening came he took the stage his face set in a
G/d
smile
G G Em
And in the half filled hall the critics sat watching
D
on the aisle
C Bb Am7
But the concert was a blur to him spatters of applause
G Em D
He did not know how well he sang, he only heard the
Em D
But the critics were concise, it only took four lines
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