I'm Not Supposed To Care Tab by Gordon Lightfoot

I'm Not Supposed To Care tab by Gordon Lightfoot

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Here's my latest Lightfoot tab offering: I'm Not Supposed To Care. I
would appreciate any comments or corrections being emailed or posted, and
questions can be mailed straight to me. I've checked it out fairly well,
but it seems I usually miss something tiny. :-(

Also, this appears to have come out a bit wider that 80 columns, so if you
have the luxury of using a *really* small font, please do so, especially
to print.

Sorry this is so long. It just seemed it had to be that way. I tried to
make it as short as possible without (hopefully) making it confusing.
Enjoy!!!

-- Matthew

🎸

Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

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I'm Not Supposed To Care, by Gordon Lightfoot, from the album Summertime Dream
(c) 1976 Moose Music


Song Notes:
----------

This song is played using a capo on the third fret. The chords are based on the
apparent key of A. This is a bit of a difficult song to tab by hand, so I
expect it won't be a snap to read immediately. I recommend printing it
out and making yourself familiar with the chord structures and then
working your way through the song. It is quite a pretty song , so take
your time and work the whole thing out!!!


THE CHORDS:
----------

   A       A/G#      A/F#       D      E7sus4
===========   ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========
| | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | 1 1 1 |   | | 1 1 1 |   T | 1 1 1 |   | | | 1 | 2   | 2 | 3 | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | 3 |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | | | | |   3 | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------


  E7       A+        A6       A/G      E(hi)
===========   ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========
| | | 1 | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| 2 | | | |   | | 1 1 1 |   | | 1 1 1 |   | | 1 1 1 |   | | 2 | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | | | | |   | | 2 | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | 3 | | |   | | | | | |   | | | 3 | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | 4 | | |   | | | | 4 |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------


  E/D       E/C#      E/B
===========   ===========   ===========   ===========   ===========
| | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | | | | |   | | | | | |   | 1 | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | | 3 | |   | 1 | 3 | |   | | | 3 | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------
| | | | 4 |   | | | | 4 |   | | | | 4 |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
-----------   -----------   -----------   -----------   -----------


INTRO

 A      A/G# bass  A/F# bass  A      D
-----------------------------------------------------2---2-------2----
-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------3---3-------3----
---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--
---------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---0-----------0--------
-0--------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------4-----------2-----------0--------------------------------

-2--------------------------------------------------------------------
-3---------0-----------0----------------------------------------------
---2-----2---2-------1---1---1----------------------------------------
-------0-------0---0-------0------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----0-----------0----------------------------------------------------


SHORT VERSE PATTERN 1:

 A            A+           A6
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------------
-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2------------
---2-------2---2-------2---3-------3---3-------3---4-------4----------
-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------
----------------------------------------------------------------------

 A/G           A7 G/B   D
-----------------------------------------2---2-------2---2------------
-------2-----------2-----2---3---5-------3---3-------3---3------------
-----2---2-------2---2-----0---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2----------
---4-------4---5-------5-------------0-----------0--------------------
-0-----------0-----------0---2---4------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------

             E7sus4         E7
-----2---2-------2---2------------------------------------------------
-----3---3-------3---3---------0-----------0-----------0--------------
---2---2---2---2---2---2-----2---2-------2---2-------1---1------------
-0-----------0-------------0-------0---0-------0---0-------0----------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------0-----------0-----------0--------------------


----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------0--------------------------------------------------------------
-----1---1------------------------------------------------------------
---0-------0----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-0--------------------------------------------------------------------


LONG VERSE PATTERN 2:

 A      A/G#    A/F#    A      D
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------3----------------
---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----------
---------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---0-------0------------
-0--------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------4-----------2-----------0--------------------------------


 D/C#    D/B     D/A     E(hi)    E/D
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----3-----------3-----------3-----------5-----------5----------------
---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0---4---4---2---4---4---4----------
---------0-----------0-----------0---2-------2---0-------0------------
-4-----------2-----------0--------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------


 E/C#    E/B     A      A/G#    A/F#
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----5-----------5-----------2-----------2-----------2----------------
---4---4---4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----------
---------0-----------0-----------2-----------2-----------2------------
-4-----------2-----------0--------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------4-----------2--------------------


 A/E     D            E7sus4   E7
-----------------2---2-------2---2------------------------------------
-----2-----------3---3-------3---3---------0-----------0--------------
---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----2---2-------1---1------------
---------2---0-----------0-------------0-------0---0-------0----------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-0-----------------------------------0-----------0--------------------


 A      A/G     D/F#    D/F     A
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------2-----------2-----------3-----------3---------2----------------
-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-----2---2---2----------
---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------0---------2------------
-0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------
-------------3-----------2-----------1--------------------------------


       D/A     E      A
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----2-----------3-----------0-----------2-----------2----------------
---2---2---2---2---2---2---1---1---1---2---2---2---2---2---2----------
---------2-----------4-----------2-----------2-----------2------------
-0-----------0-----------------------0-----------0--------------------
-------------------------0--------------------------------------------


LAST VERSE PATTERN 3

 D            E7sus4   E7
-----2-----------2----------------------------------------------------
-------3---3-------3---2-------0-----------0--------------------------
---2-----2-----2-----2-------2---2-------1---1------------------------
-0-----------0-------------0-------0---0-------0----------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------0-----------0--------------------------------


 A      A/G     D/F#    D/F     A
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------2-----------2-----------3-----------3---------2----------------
-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-----2---2---2----------
---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------0---------2------------
-0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------
-------------3-----------2-----------1--------------------------------


       D/A     E      A      A/G#
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----2-----------3-----------0-----------2-----------2----------------
---2---2---2---2---2---2---1---1---1---2---2---2---2---2---2----------
---------2-----------4-----------2-----------2-----------2------------
-0-----------0-----------------------0--------------------------------
-------------------------0-----------------------4--------------------


D/F#     D/F    A
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----3-----------3---------2-----------2------------------------------
---2---2---2---2---2-----2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------
---------0-----------0---------2-----------2--------------------------
-----------------------0-----------0----------------------------------
-2-----------1--------------------------------------------------------


 D/A     E         A
--------------------------------------5-4-----------------------------
-----3-----------0------------------------5---------------------------
---2---2---2---1---1---1------------2-------2-------------------------
---------4-----------2------------2-----------------------------------
-0------------------------------0-------------------------------------
-------------0--------------------------------------------------------


Lyrics / Chord Sections
=======================


(Short Verse Pattern 1)

 A            A+           A6        A/G
I think ..
    D                          E7sus4
You ..
    E7
  but ..


(Long Verse Pattern 2)

 A       A/G#     A/F#   A/E    D D/C# D/B D/A
I wish ..
E   E/D     E/C# E/B    A      A/G# A/F#    A/E
If it..
  D           E7sus4 E7    A   A/G      D/F# D/F
And ..
   A         D/A  E    A  E7sus4 E7
I'll .


(Long Verse Pattern 2)

   A      A/G#    A/F#   A/E      D  D/C# D/B D/A
I'll ..
E   E/D     E/C# E/B  A      A/G#    A/F#    A/E
I ..
  D             E7sus4  E7   A        A/G
D/F# D/F
And ..
   A         D/A  E    A
Just ..


(Short Verse Pattern 1)

 A            A+           A6        A/G
I ..
    D                           E7sus4
That's ..
    E7
  but ..


(Last Verse Pattern 3)

    D             E7sus4  E7  A      A/G    D/F# D/F
If ...
   A         D/A  E    A  A/G# D/F# D/F
I'll ..
   A         D/A  E    A
I'll .

===================================================================================

--
Matthew Fifer
mfifer@merle.acns.nwu.edu

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