View Guitar Chords for A lot like me - chords ver. 1
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------# 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[inCtroF] F G G C G C C F F G G C G He was a Clong tall stranger from Cway down south where he'd Fleft his life behFind He had a Dmbig old Gibson and a Gpickup truck and CShenandoah eyGes And I Cremember him sitting in that Emlocal bar where I Fearned my pay each nFight Dm G F - G C G Singing my songs to empty chairs and going home half tightSo the Cnights rolled by like Cheadlights shining on a Flonesome strip of tFar I kept his Dmwords of kindness Gclose to me like a Cpick on my guitGar; And we CTalked about the singers and the Emsongs we loved and the Fsongs we'd most forgFot Dm G F - G C In that run-down bar they'd make last call and I'd never want to stop'Cause I was Fliving on nothing but a Gyoung girl's dreams C - Em F With my cowboy boots and my old six-string Dm G C - Em F Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars C Em/B Am - G F When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine Dm G F - G Like the star that he longed to be, he looked a helluva lot like me C(meC) [FinsFtruGmenGtalC] GHe'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 C F F G G C G C Em F F Dm G F-G C [violin 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 G F - G Am Like the star that he longed to be, he looked a hell of a lot like me Dm G F - G Like the star that he'd always be, he looked a hell of a lot like me C C F F G G C C. (me) [instrumental] - Adam Schneider, [email protected]