#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# A LOT LIKE ME (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------- [Actually in F; capo 5, I think. Each chord is one measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen (e.g., "F - G") are one measure _total_.] C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G[intro] (320003@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) FHe (133211@1)was a long tall stranger from way down south where he'd left his life behind Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GHe (320003@1)had a big old Gibson and a pickup truck and Shenandoah eyes C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) FAnd (133211@1)I remember him sitting in that local bar where I earned my pay each night Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1)- G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GSinging (320003@1)my songs to empty chairs and going home half tight C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) FSo (133211@1)the nights rolled by like headlights shining on a lonesome strip of tar Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)kept his words of kindness close to me like a pick on my guitar; And we C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) FTalked (133211@1)about the singers and the songs we loved and the songs we'd most forgot Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) - G (320003@1) CIn (x32010@1)that run-down bar they'd make last call and I'd never want to stop F (133211@1) G'Cause (320003@1)I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams C (x32010@1) - Em (022000@1) FWith (133211@1)my cowboy boots and my old six-string Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) - Em (022000@1) F (133211@1) Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars C (x32010@1) Em/B (012000@1) Am (x02210@1) - G (320003@1) FWhen (133211@1)I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) - GLike (320003@1)the star that he longed to be, he looked a helluva lot like me C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G(me) (320003@1)[instrumental] He'd played a lot of places where the only wages were food and beer for free No fancy licks, but he had him a gift for the kind of songs he'd sing But you do what you can to be a satisfied man, just to have your peace of mind So he gave it all up for a government job where the paychecks come on time So now he comes to the bar to hear me play guitar and to share a drink or two And we sit swapping tales of where we've been and what we'd rather do There's a wealth of danger when you're talking to strangers, and I meet them all the time But my heart knew better than my head when I looked into those eyes 'Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams with my cowboy boots and my old six-string Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine Like the star that he longed to be, he looked a hell of a lot like me C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)F (133211@1) G (320003@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)Em (022000@1)F (133211@1)F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1)G (320003@1)F-G C[violin (x32010@1)solo] [harmonica solo] Well, maybe I'll quit when I got me a kid and a place to call my own But tonight there ain't nobody there waiting up for me at home It's a hell of a way to live from day to day not knowing where you're bound But the look in his eyes made me realize I was glad for the life I'd found 'Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams with my cowboy boots and my old six-string Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) - G (320003@1) AmLike (x02210@1)the star that he longed to be, he looked a hell of a lot like me Dm (xx0231@1) G (320003@1) F (133211@1) - GLike (320003@1)the star that he'd always be, he looked a hell of a lot like me C (x32010@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)F (133211@1)G (320003@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)C. (me) [instrumental] - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
