Rhythm Of The Blues tab by Mary-Chapin Carpenter

RHYTHM OF THE BLUES (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[This song is actually in F.  These chords with the lyrics are the chords
 that Mary-Chapin Carpenter plays; she has a capo on the 3rd fret and plays
 it in D.  John Jennings plays it in C with a capo at the fifth fret.]

D   A   Em7   Em7     D   A   Em7   Em7
[intro]

D                 A             Em7            Em7
  I can ..
D                 A              Em7          Em7
  I can ..
G                    G           (D)  G                 G
  Sleep ..
             D          Bm                G           G
  To ..

I ..
And ..
In ...
I guess ..

F#m       Bm          G             A    F#m      Bm         G           A
  I ..
F#m  Bm           G            A    C          C           G      G   G   G
  I can't ..

D   A   Em7   Em7     D   A   Em7   Em7
[instrumental]

Lonely ...
And ..

I want ..
I wanna ..
On some ..
You ..
You ..
You ....

[end on G]



TABLATURE
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[Note that the tab parts are written as if there is a capo at the fifth
 fret, since this is how John Jennings plays the song.  I'm not sure that
 these are the _exact_ fingerings that Jennings uses, but they work.]


INTRO:

[This is played twice, more or less.  The notes in parentheses are probably
 played by the other guitar.  The "strum" markers note places where there's
 a noticable strum, but I don't know on which notes.]

  C                G                Dm7              Dm7
E ------s---------|----------------|----------------|----------s-----|
B ------t---------|----------------|----------------|------1---t-----|
G ------r-----O---|----------------|----------------|----O-----r-----|
D ------u---O2--O-|----------------|----------------|--3-------u-----|
A 3-----m---------|----------3-2-O-|-----(O)--------|----------m-O-2-|
E ----------------|----------------|-----------(3=5)|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .



GUITAR SOLO:

[If you're using a pick, play the double-stops with a slow sweep for that
 arpeggio effect.  Doesn't work as well with bare fingers.]
[A variation: at the end of the second C measure, instead of 3-2-0, play
 it like the end of the second G measure (but on the D & G strings).]

       C                G                Dm7              Dm7
E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ---6|6-5------------1|1-O-----3--1--O-|O1O-------------|----------------|
G --7-|7-5-----------2-|2-O-----0triplet|---2------------|------------O---|
D ----|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|--------------3-|
A ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

  C                G                Dm7              Dm7        (C)
E ----------------|----------------|------s-------s-|------------s---|
B ----------------|----------------|------t-------t-|------------t---|
G ----------------|----------------|------r-------r-|------------r---|
D 2---------3-2-O-|------------O---|------u-------u-|------------u---|
A ----------------|--------2=3---O-|------m-------m-|------------m---|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .



- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com