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STONES IN THE ROAD (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in Bb; capo 3; tuning: DADF#GD.]
[The chords need some explanation. There are two ways to playG
, and two
ways to playD
. The chords that say G? or D? are places where she sometimes
plays it one way, and sometimes the other. (It doesn't mean I'm not sure
about the chord!) Also, the chord names are over-simplified;Am7
is really
Am7
(4),Em
is reallyEm9
, etc.]
[G = 055500;D
= 000020;C
(9) = 230100; D* = 453000;Am7
= 777600;
G* = 020100;Gsus4
= 030100;Em
= 222000;Em
/D
= 022000; Em* = 222100.]
[Thanks a lot to Chris Pelow (pelow@krdc.int.alcan.ca) for the help with the
chord fingerings, and John Smiley (jd4147@halcyon.com) for the videotape.]
n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c.
[intro: lead acoustic guitar; see tab at end]G
D
C
(9)C
(9) D? D?Am7
Am7
[intro: all instruments]G
D
C
(9)C
(9) D? D? G? G?
[intro: all instruments]G
D
C
(9)C
(9) D? D?Am7
Am7
When we were young, we pledged allegiance every morning of our livesG
D
C
(9)C
(9) D? D? G? G?
The classroom rang with children's voices under teacher's watchful eyeG
D
C
(9)C
(9) D? D?Am7
Am7
We learned about the world around us at our desks and at dinnertimeG
D
C
(9)C
(9) D? D? G? G?
Reminded of the starving children, we cleaned our plates with guilty mindsC
(9)C
(9)D
D
G*Gsus4
- G*D
D
And the stones in the road shone like dia - monds in the dustAm7
Am7
Em
Em
/D
C
(9) G*D
D
And then a voice called to us to make our way back home
When I was ten, my father held me on his shoulders above the crowd
To see a train draped in mourning pass slowly through our town
His widow kneeled with all their children at the sacred burial ground
And the TV glowed that long hot summer with all the cities burning down
And the stones in the road flew out beneath our bicycle tires
Worlds removed from all those fires as we raced each other home
[guitar solo; same as intro.]
[piano solo; use intro/verse chords.]
C
(9)C
(9)C
(9)C
(9)D
D
G* G*
And now we drink our coffee on the run, we climb that ladder rung by rung
C
(9)C
(9)C
(9)C
(9) Em*C
(9)D
D
D
D
We are the daughters and the sons, and here's the line that's missing
The starving children have been replaced by souls out on the street
We give a dollar when we pass, and hope our eyes don't meet
We pencil in, we cancel out, we crave the corner suite
We kiss your ass, we make you hold, we doctor the receipt
And the stones in the road fly out from beneath our wheels
Another day, another deal, before we get back home
And the stones in the road leave a mark from whence they cameA
thousand points of light or shame, baby, I don't know
[repeat guitar solo three times; end onG
.]
ACOUSTIC GUITAR INTRO AND SOLO:
Note: let all the notes ring as much as possible.
G
D
C
D
Am7
E
--|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|B
--|----0-3---3-----|------------3---|------3-------1-|--0---0---------|G
--|0-----2---0-----|--0-----------0-|--0-2-2---0---0-|--0---0---------|D
0-|--0-----------4-|------2---------|4-------------0-|--0---0-------0-|A
--|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|E
--|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
G
D
C
D
G
E
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|B
----0-3---------|------------3---|----------------|----------------|G
0-----2---0-----|--0-----------0-|--0-2-0-------0-|----------------|D
--0-----------4-|------2---------|4-----0---4---0-|----------------|A
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|E
----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
PIANO SOLO (arranged for guitar, obviously):
G
D
C
D
Am7
E
----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|B
3-----3---3---3-|3-----------3--3--|3-----------3--3--|1--0--------------|G
----------------|---0--0--0--------|---0--0--0--------|------0--2-----2--|D
----------------|triplet--triplet--|triplet--triplet--|triplet-----2-----|A
----------------|------------------|------------------|---------triplet--|E
----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
G
D
C
D
G
E
------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|B
------------------|----------------|------1---------|----------------|G
2--0--------0--2--|0---------------|--0-2---------0-|----------------|D
------0--4--------|----------0=2---|4-----------4---|----------------|A
triplet--triplet--|--------------3-|----------------|----------------|E
------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
Видео для песни «Stones In The Road»:
Описание аккордов к песне (Генератор аккордов)
- Am7 ↓
- Em ↓
- G ↓
- D ↓
- Gsus4 ↓
- Em/D ↓
- C ↓
- E ↓
- B ↓