#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider) KATY SAYS TODAY IS THE BEST DAY OF MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE (Christine Lavin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Actually in A; capo 2.] [You can see from the tablature that her picking pattern can be fairly random in this song; just ad lib it if you get frustrated. You're on your own after the first verse.] [By the way, the words aren't exactly lined up with the tab; they're just there for guides.] C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/GE (3x555x@1)------3-------3-|------------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---| B ----1-----------|------1---------|----------------|----1-----------| G --0---------0---|----0---------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-| D ----------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------0-----|--2-------2-----| A 3-------2-------|0---------------|3-------2-------|0---------------| E ----------------|--------3-------|----------------|--------3-------| [intro] C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/GE (3x555x@1)----3-------3---|------------3---|----3-------3---|------------3---| B ----------------|----1-----------|----------------|----1-----------| G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-| D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------0-----|--2-------2-----| A 3-------2-------|0---------------|3-------2-------|0---------------| E ----------------|--------3-------|----------------|--------3-------| Katy says, "today is the best day of my whole entire life" C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Fsus9 GE (320003@1)----3-------3---|------------3---|----------------|----------3-----| B ----------------|----1-----------|----------1-----|------0-----0---| G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----0-------0---|----0---------0-| D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--3-----3-----0-|--0-----0-------| A 3-------2-------|0---------------|------3---------|----------------| E ----------------|--------3-------|1---------------|3---------------| Katy is three years old Am (x02210@1) Em7 Fsus9 CE (x32010@1)------------0---|----------0-----|----------------|------3-------3-| B ------1---------|------------3---|----------1-----|----------1-----| G ----2---------2-|----0---------0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| D --2-------2-----|--2-----2-------|--3-----3-------|--2-----2-------| A 0-------0-------|------2---------|------3---------|3---------------| E ----------------|0---------------|1---------------|----------------| We've been dancing in the living room to her new Tom Paxton record C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Fsus9 G6E (320000@1)----3-------3---|------------3---|----------------|--------0-------| B ----------------|----1-----------|----------1-----|------3---------| G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----0-------0---|----0-----------| D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--3-----3-----0-|--0-------------| A 3-------2-------|0---------------|------3---------|----------------| E ----------------|--------3-------|1---------------|3---------------| Katy's got a lot of rhythm when she wiggles for a little kid; she's got soul Am (x02210@1) Em7 Fsus9 CE (x32010@1)------------0---|------------0---|----------------|------3-------3-| B ------1---------|------3---------|----------1-----|----------1-----| G ----2---------2-|----0---------0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| D --2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--3-----3-------|--2-----2-------| A 0-------0-------|----------------|------3---------|3---------------| E ----------------|0-------0-------|1---------------|----------------| That night when her mom and dad come home, I tell them what she said to me C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) D7/F# (200212@1) GE (320003@1)----3-------3---|----------------|----------------|--------3-------| B ----------------|----1-------1---|----------1-----|------0---------| G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----2-------2---|----0-----------| D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--0---0-------0-|--0-------------| A 3-------2-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|--------3-------|2-------2-------|3---------------| I figure they'll think I'm some kid of babysitting genius to make this little girl so darned happy Am (x02210@1) Em7 Fsus9 CE (x32010@1)----------------|--------0-------|----------------|------3---------| B ------1-------0-|----3-------3---|----------1---1-|----------1---1-| G ----2-------2---|------0-------0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| D --2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--3-----3-------|--2-----2-------| A 0-------0-------|2---------------|------3---------|3---------------| E ----------------|----------------|1---------------|----------------| But they smile, and they say, "don't take this the wrong way Fsus9 Fsus9 G6 (320000@1) G5E (355xxx@1)----------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------| B ----1-----1-----|----------1-----|----------3-----|----------3-----| G ------0-----0---|----0-------0---|----0---0-------|----0---0---0---| D ----------------|--3-----3-------|--0---0-----0---|--0---0-------0-| A --3-----------3-|------3---------|----------------|----------------| E 1-------1-------|1---------------|3---------------|3---------------| But Katy said the same thing yesterday Fsus9 G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/GE (3x555x@1)----------------|----------------|----3-------3---|------------3---| B ------1-----1---|------0---------|----------------|----1-----------| G ----0-----0---0-|----0---0-------|------0-------0-|------0-------0-| D --3-----3-------|--0-------------|--2-------0-----|--2-------2-----| A ----------------|----------------|3-------2-------|0---------------| E 1---------------|3-------3-------|----------------|--------3-------| Lately she's been saying that every day" C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/GE (3x555x@1)----3-------3---|------------3---| B ----------------|----1-----------| G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-| D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----| A 3-------2-------|0---------------| E ----------------|--------3-------| [instrumental] C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) I think back to what I know was the best day of my life Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 G6 (320000@1) G6 (320000@1) G (320003@1) GIt (320003@1)was wintertime, ten years ago Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) We were staying in a farmhouse in the middle of Vermont C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Fsus9 Fsus9 G (320003@1) G (320003@1) The hills were covered with christmas trees and freshly fallen snow Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Instantly I picture the vivid details of that day C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) D7/F# (200212@1) D7/F# (200212@1) G (320003@1) GWhen (320003@1)you told me that you loved me more than you could ever say Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) The air was a bracing cold, the sky a startled blue C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1)C/G (3x555x@1) Fsus9 G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) CNever (x32010@1)before or since have I felt that close to you Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/GWhat (3x555x@1)does that say about you and me and the past ten years Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 Gsus4 (3x0013@1)Gsus4 (3x0013@1)G (320003@1)GI've (320003@1)learned to live with your silence, you've learned to overlook my tears Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/GNow (3x555x@1)this dancing three-year-old in her simple, perfect way D7/F# (200212@1) D7/F# (200212@1) D7/F# (200212@1) D7/F# (200212@1) Gsus4 (3x0013@1) Gsus4 (3x0013@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) Has me questioning the basis for the life we live today C (x32010@1)G/B (143121@7)Am7 (x02010@1)C/G (3x555x@1) C (x32010@1)G/B (143121@7)Am7 (x02010@1)C/G[instrumental] (3x555x@1) C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Katy's prob'ly sleeping now, I wonder if she dreams C (x32010@1)G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1)Fsus9 Fsus9 G (320003@1) GAbout (320003@1) flying with the angels and dancing with moonbeams Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) You are here beside me; you are snoring right out loud C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1)D7/F# (200212@1) D7/F# (200212@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) I long to kiss you on the forehead and smooth your worried brow Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) Though we have not given up, it's been ages since we tried C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1)C/G (3x555x@1) D7/F# (200212@1) D7/F# (200212@1) G (320003@1) GTo (320003@1)reveal the aching passion that for years we've pushed aside Am (x02210@1)Am (x02210@1) Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) I whisper that I love you because I know you can not hear C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7)Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) Fsus9 G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)G/B (143121@7)Am7 (x02010@1)C/GI (3x555x@1)turn off the light, and in the dark, you gently pull me near C G/B Am7 C/G [instrumental] C (x32010@1)G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1) C/G (3x555x@1) C (x32010@1) G/B (143121@7) Am7 (x02010@1)C/G. Katy says, "today is the best day of my whole entire life" CHORDS: C=x32013; G/B=x20003; Am7=x02013; C/G=3x2013; Fsus9=13301x; G=3x0003 G6=3x0030; Am=x02210; Em7=022030; D7/F#=2x021x; G5=3x003x; Gsus4=3x0013 - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu
