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


*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: F#)


Intro:

D  G, D  G, C  F, C  F
D  G, D  G, C  F, C, Bbmaj7,
D  G  D

Verse 1:

D               D/C
 Her window was hung like a painting,
    D/B                      Bbmaj7
She worried it might come to life.
D               A
 She stared for hours.

D                   D/C
 So obsessed was I, and self-absorbed that I,
D/B                  Bbmaj7  D    A
 Didn't see that she was,     cry-ing.

Chorus 1:

          Gm             C
There was always someone carrying,
          Am             Dm7
There was always someone carrying,
Gm                C        D
 Always someone's carrying Cathy.

Interlude:

D  G, D  G, C  F, C (x2)

Verse 2:

D                          D/C
 There were times when I'd find myself saying that;
D/B                  Bbmaj7
 "Friends, you don't understand",
          D                    A
And she's different, when it's just me and her.

      D                     D/C
And I closed the door and I tried to hang on,
        D/B           Bbmaj7      D            A
And she sank into the dark. I was over my head.

Chorus 2:

          Gm             C
There was always someone carrying,
          Am             Dm7
There was always someone carrying,
Gm                C        D
 Always someone's carrying Cathy.

Interlude:

D  G, D  G, C  F, C

Bridge 1:

            Bbmaj7                          D
We gave you everything; you could have been anything.
            Bbmaj7                          D
We gave you everything; you could have done anything.

         Bbmaj7                     Dm6 D      Dm6   D
But to i-magine a fall, with no one at  all to catch you.

Chorus 3:

                    Am        Dm7
There'd always been someone...

Gm  C  D

Gm                           C
 Then one night, she climbed into the picture frame.
Am                 Dm7      Gm  C   D     G  D
 Out in the frozen air, and out, of sight.

Verse 3:

D                      D/C 
 Woke up sad from this dream I've been having,
    D/B                   Bbmaj7  D  A
The last couple nights or so.

         D                          D/C
With her father and brothers, we're all at the funeral,
D/B                         Bbmaj7
 Carrying a box through the rain.
     D                       A
Then somebody says that it's always been this way.

Chorus 4:

          Gm             C
There was always someone carrying,
          Am             Dm7
There was always someone carrying,
Gm                C
 Always someone's carrying...
Gm                C           D
 Always someone's carrying... Cathy.

Outro:

D  G, D  G, C  F, D


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D       G       C       F     Bbmaj7    D/C

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 xx0232  320003  x32010  133211  x13231  x30230

   D/B     A       Gm      Am      Dm7     Dm6

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x20230  x02220  355333  x02210  xx0211  xx0201


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