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From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider)


KATY SAYS TODAY IS THE BEST DAY OF MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE (Christine Lavin)
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[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       G/B      Am7     C/G      C       G/B      Am7     C/G
E ------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       G/B      Am7     C/G      C       G/B      Am7     C/G
E ----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       G/B      Am7     C/G      Fsus9            G
E ----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               Em7              Fsus9            C
E ------------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       G/B      Am7     C/G      Fsus9            G6
E ----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               Em7              Fsus9            C
E ------------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       G/B      Am7     C/G      D7/F#            G
E ----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               Em7              Fsus9            C
E ----------------|--------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               G5
E ----------------|----------------|--------------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                C       G/B      Am7     C/G
E ----------------|----------------|----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       G/B      Am7     C/G
E ----3-------3---|------------3---|
B ----------------|----1-----------|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|
A 3-------2-------|0---------------|
E ----------------|--------3-------|
 [instrumental]

C         G/B     Am7      C/G        C        G/B    Am7   C/G
  I think back to what I know was the best day of my life
       Fsus9    Fsus9  Fsus9  Fsus9   G6   G6   G   G
It was wintertime,        ten years ago
Am        Am            Em7     Em7    Fsus9   Fsus9   C   C
  We were staying in a farmhouse in the middle of Vermont
C                G/B          Am7         C/G    Fsus9    Fsus9    G   G
  The hills were covered with christmas trees and freshly fallen snow
Am            Am                Em7      Em7     Fsus9   Fsus9   C   C
  Instantly I picture the vivid details of that day
C         G/B             Am7       C/G   D7/F#            D7/F#   G   G
When you told me that you loved me more     than you could ever say
Am    Am          Em7     Em7     Fsus9    Fsus9   C   C
  The air was a bracing cold, the sky a startled blue
C       G/B     Am7  C/G     Fsus9     G        C   C   C   C
Never before or since have I felt that close to you

Fsus9           Fsus9   Fsus9    Fsus9  C        G/B      Am7   C/G
What does that say about you and me      and the past ten years
Fsus9           Fsus9          Fsus9   Fsus9              Gsus4  Gsus4  G  G
I've learned to live with your silence, you've learned to overlook my tears
Fsus9     Fsus9    Fsus9     Fsus9     C       G/B      Am7   C/G
Now this dancing three-year-old in her simple, perfect way
D7/F#    D7/F#           D7/F#    D7/F#   Gsus4        Gsus4   G   G
  Has me questioning the basis for         the life we live today
C  G/B  Am7  C/G    C  G/B  Am7  C/G
[instrumental]

C   G/B     Am7      C/G       C         G/B    Am7   C/G
    Katy's prob'ly sleeping now, I wonder if she dreams
     C  G/B             Am7   C/G  Fsus9    Fsus9    G   G
About   flying with the angels and dancing with moonbeams
Am         Am     Em7    Em7      Fsus9   Fsus9      C   C
  You are here beside me; you are snoring right out loud
C           G/B             Am7     C/G  D7/F#       D7/F#     G   G
  I long to kiss you on the forehead and smooth your worried brow
Am   Am                 Em7    Em7          Fsus9  Fsus9    C   C
     Though we have not given up, it's been ages since we tried
   C          G/B      Am7  C/G       D7/F#       D7/F#    G   G
To reveal the aching passion that for years we've pushed aside
Am  Am             Em7     Em7       Fsus9     Fsus9    C   C
  I whisper that I love you because I know you can not hear
       C        G/B  Am7         C/G       Fsus9  G       C  G/B  Am7  C/G
I turn off the light, and in the dark, you gently pull me near
C  G/B  Am7  C/G
[instrumental]
C  G/B            Am7            C/G      C        G/B    Am7  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