...CARRYING CATHY... by Ben Folds
--------------------.............

*from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)*


*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: B)


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
She worried it might,
        Bbmaj7
Come to life.
D               A
 She stared for hours.

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

Chorus 1:

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

Interlude:

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

Verse 2:

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

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

Chorus 2:

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

Interlude:

D  G, D  G
C  F, C

Bridge 1:

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

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

Chorus 3:

There'd always,
     Am        Dm7
Been someone...

Gm  C  D

Gm
 Then one night,
            C
She climbed into,
The picture frame.
Am                 Dm7
 Out in the frozen air,
    Gm   C
And out,
   D      G  D
Of sight.

Verse 3:

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

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

Chorus 4:

Gm              C
 Always someone carrying,
          Am
There was always,
        Dm7
Someone carrying,
Gm
 Always someone's,
C
 Carrying...
Gm                C
 Always someone's carrying...
D
 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)