John Doe No 2 - Mary Chapin Carpenter Chords
Chords: DOE, Chapin, D, But, E's, A, F#, G,, D(4)., Avenue
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Genre: folk, country, singer-songwriter
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JOHN DOE NO. 24 (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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This song is in the key of E, but Mary Chapin plays it in G with a
capo at the 9th fret, in open D tuning (DADF#AD). But the highest
string is never used, so you don't have to tune that one down; since
high E's often break, you may as well tune to DADF#AE.
The guitar part repeats one pattern through the entire song, with some
slight variations. This tablature is for the first four measures of
the song, and it shows two ways to play the end of the pattern; through
most of the song, she uses the second way, especially while she's
singing. (Note that the "131" in the tab is a hammer-on followed by a
pull-off, and the "13" is a hammer-on from 1 to 3, not thirteen!)
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------|
F# 1-------1-----1-|------1-131---0-|1-------1-----1-|------1-13----0-|
D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A --2-------3-----|--3-------------|--2-------3-----|--3-------0-----|
D 0-------2-------|0-------0-------|0-------2-------|0-------0-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
MCC doesn't use her thumb to fret the low E (she uses her middle finger),
but you can use your thumb if it's easier that way. Notice that I didn't
put chord names; that's because they don't really matter. I guess you
could say the chords are: G, C(9)/E, Gsus4/D, D(4).
LYRICS (each line is two measures):
I was standing on the sidewalk in 1945
In Jacksonville, Illinois
When asked what my name was there came no reply
They said I was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy
But Louis was my name, though I could not say it
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