Keller Williams
(of String Cheese Incident)
www.scifidelity.com
"Old Lady from Carlsbad"
from the album "Laugh" (2002)
Transcribed by Adam Lawrence (AdamL84@nycap.rr.com)
Please email me if you have any suggestions/comments/corrections.
Keep in mind that I am a sax player by trade, guitar is not my strong suit!

This is a pretty straight-forward folk song using only the 
I, IV and V chords, key of F major. Emphasis is on the off-beats 
throughout the song.

---- = 1 beat
tempo = 120


Intro:

|--1---1---1-----|--1---1---------|
|--1---1---1-----|--1---144-------|
|----------------|----------312---|
|----------------|-------------32-|
|-------------05-|----------------|
|1-----------3---|1---------------|


Verse:

Met an old lady from Carlsbad who got bit on the ankle by a spider
F (133211@1)                                   Bb (x1333x@1)                  C (x32010@1)Swelled on up to about the size of her knee
F (133211@1)                                    C (x32010@1)Carryin' clothes in a plastic bag and breathin' kinda heavy
F (133211@1)                                   Bb (x1333x@1)Havin' a hard day it was plain to see
F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)                 F (133211@1)
Transition (just after previous "F" chord)

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------0-3-------|
|---1-3----------|
|1-3-------------|


She said "Somebody stole my shopping cart, it sittin' outside the door.
          Bb (x1333x@1)                                F (133211@1)I don't understand who could be so cruel!"
  F (133211@1)                              C (x32010@1)She said "Karma is a serious thing and a force to be reckoned with, and,
          Bb (x1333x@1)                           F (133211@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)Well, the whippersnapper that took it is a fool!"
          F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)
Transition (just after previous "F" chord)

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------0-3-------|
|---1-3----------|
|1-3-------------|


And now I'm walkin' with an old lady down to the corner bus stop
            C (x32010@1)                      F (133211@1)Talkin' 'bout Jesus and how her heart he won
Bb (x1333x@1)                    F (133211@1)              C (x32010@1)Talkin' with an old lady down at the corner bus stop
Bb (x1333x@1)                     F (133211@1)                Bb (x1333x@1)She said "'Spect you a miracle for the deed you done!"
           F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)              F (133211@1)
End (just after previous "F" chord)

|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------0-3-------|
|---1-3----------|
|1-3-------------|





That's it! Enjoy!  

-And remember, "Karma is a serious thing and a force to be reckoned with!"
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