...CARRYING CATHY... by Ben Folds
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*from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)*

*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: F#)

Intro:

D (xx0232@1)G, D (xx0232@1)G, C (x32010@1)F, C (x32010@1)FD (133211@1) G, D  G, C  F, C, Bbmaj7,
D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Verse 1:

D (xx0232@1)             D/C (x30232@1)Her window was hung like a painting,
    D/B (x20232@1)                    Bbmaj7She (x13231@1)worried it might come to life.
D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)She stared for hours.

D (xx0232@1)                 D/C (x30232@1)So obsessed was I, and self-absorbed that I,
D/B (x20232@1)                Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)Didn't see that she was,     cry-ing.

Chorus 1:

Gm (355333@1)           CThere (x32010@1)was always someone carrying,
          Am (x02210@1)           Dm7
There was always someone carrying,
Gm (355333@1)              C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)Always someone's carrying Cathy.

Interlude:

D (xx0232@1)G, D (xx0232@1)G, C (x32010@1)F, C(x2) (x32010@1)
Verse 2:

D (xx0232@1)                        D/C (x30232@1)There were times when I'd find myself saying that;
D/B (x20232@1)                Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)"Friends, you don't understand",
          D (xx0232@1)                  AAnd (x02220@1)she's different, when it's just me and her.

D (xx0232@1)                   D/CAnd (x30232@1)I closed the door and I tried to hang on,
        D/B (x20232@1)         Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)    D (xx0232@1)          AAnd (x02220@1)she sank into the dark. I was over my head.

Chorus 2:

Gm (355333@1)           CThere (x32010@1)was always someone carrying,
          Am (x02210@1)           Dm7
There was always someone carrying,
Gm (355333@1)              C (x32010@1)      D (xx0232@1)Always someone's carrying Cathy.

Interlude:

D (xx0232@1)G, D (xx0232@1)G, C (x32010@1)F, C (x32010@1)Bridge 1:

Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)                        DWe (xx0232@1)gave you everything; you could have been anything.
            Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)                        DWe (xx0232@1)gave you everything; you could have done anything.

Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)                   Dm6D      Dm6 (xx0201@1) DBut (xx0232@1)to i-magine a fall, with no one at  all to catch you.

Chorus 3:

Am (x02210@1)      Dm7
There'd always been someone...

Gm (355333@1)C (x32010@1)D (xx0232@1)Gm (355333@1)                         C (x32010@1)Then one night, she climbed into the picture frame.
Am (x02210@1)               Dm7      Gm (355333@1)C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Out in the frozen air, and out, of sight.

Verse 3:

D (xx0232@1)                    D/C (x30232@1) Woke up sad from this dream I've been having,
    D/B (x20232@1)                 Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)D (xx0232@1)AThe (x02220@1)last couple nights or so.

D (xx0232@1)                        D/CWith (x30232@1)her father and brothers, we're all at the funeral,
D/B (x20232@1)                       Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)Carrying a box through the rain.
     D (xx0232@1)                     AThen (x02220@1)somebody says that it's always been this way.

Chorus 4:

Gm (355333@1)           CThere (x32010@1)was always someone carrying,
          Am (x02210@1)           Dm7
There was always someone carrying,
Gm (355333@1)              C (x32010@1)Always someone's carrying...
Gm (355333@1)              C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)Always someone's carrying... Cathy.

Outro:

D (xx0232@1)G, D (xx0232@1)G, C (x32010@1)F, D (xx0232@1)CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     F (133211@1)   Bbmaj7 (x13231@1)  D/C (x30232@1)EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  320003  x32010  133211  x13231  x30230

D/B (x20232@1)   A (x02220@1)     Gm (355333@1)    Am (x02210@1)    Dm7     Dm6 (xx0201@1)EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x20230  x02220  355333  x02210  xx0211  xx0201

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)