Gillian Welch and David Rawlings
"In Tall Buildings"
Album: A Tribute to John Hartford

CAPO 3

Standard Tuning

G = 320033
D/F# = 200232
Em7 = 022033
Cadd9 = 032033
D = x00232

G (320003@1)     D/F# (200232@1)     Em7     G (320003@1) 
Someday baby, when I am a man,
    Cadd9 (x32030@1)       Dand (xx0232@1)others have taught me
    G (320003@1)             Dthe (xx0232@1)best that they can
         G (320003@1)      D/F# (200232@1)   
They'll sell me a suit
Em7        Gcut (320003@1)off my hair
    Cadd9 (x32030@1)     D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)send me to work in tall buildings

G (320003@1)            D/F#And (200232@1)it's goodbye to the sunshine
    Em7         Ggoodbye (320003@1)to the dew
Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Dgoodbye (xx0232@1)to the flowers
    G (320003@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)goodbye to you
    G (320003@1)          D/F#I'm (200232@1)off to the subway
  Em7          GI (320003@1)must not be late
    Cadd9 (x32030@1)   D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)        DI'm (xx0232@1)going to work in tall buildings

(Instrumental - 8 Bars)
G - D/F# - Em7 - G - Cadd9 - D - G - D |

G (320003@1)        D/F# (200232@1)  
Now when I'm retired
       Em7        G (320003@1)And my life is my own
   Cadd9 (x32030@1)      DI (xx0232@1)made all the payments
     G (320003@1)        DIt's (xx0232@1)time to go home
    G (320003@1)         D/F#and (200232@1)wonder what happened
  Em7        Gbetwixt (320003@1)and between
    Cadd9 (x32030@1)     D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)         Dwhen (xx0232@1)I went to work in tall buildings

G (320003@1)            D/F#And (200232@1)it's goodbye to the sunshine
    Em7         Ggoodbye (320003@1)to the dew
Cadd9 (x32030@1)        Dgoodbye (xx0232@1)to the flowers
    G (320003@1)         Dand (xx0232@1)goodbye to you
   G (320003@1)          D/F#I'm (200232@1)off to the subway
  Em7          GI (320003@1)mustn't be late
Cadd9 (x32030@1)   D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)        DGoing (xx0232@1)to work in tall buildings

(Instrumental - 16 Bars)
G- (320003@1)D/F#- (200232@1)Em7 - G- (320003@1)Cadd9- (x32030@1)D- (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)- D (xx0232@1)G - D/F# - Em7 - G - Cadd9 - D - G ||

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