Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter - Songs From Home Episode 11: I Am A Town

_ _ _ Welcome back everyone, the songs from home, here with Angus, who's up on the counter, who shouldn't be. _ _ _
What can I say?
What can I say to [E] you?
Yes, because I love you so much.
Yes, I do.
I do.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ Look at this. _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, she's taking a nap right now.
So you have to get started. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Yes, we've been in quarantine for a while.
_ This _ _ _ _ is a song about the summer, or what I think of as, you know, the best parts of summer.
Blue skies, being able to go down to the ocean. _
If you were from Baltimore, you'd say, I'm getting gangasian.
I _ _ _ _ say that with love and affection to all of my relatives in Baltimore. _ _
_ _ I wrote it so many years ago _ _ from [Bb] memories of getting in the car and driving down to the beaches of North Carolina.
And whenever I play [C] _
in North Carolina, I always make sure to include this in the set list.
_ [E] To love letter to those doors _ and to that way of life that I don't think is really there anymore.
Those small towns [Eb] on the way to the ocean.
_ [Gm] _ [Eb] _ All _ [Bb] _
the way to you.
_ [Gm] _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[Bb] _ A _ _ _ _ town in _ Carolina, _ _ a feature [Eb] of mine. _ _
[Bb] Both a phone call and a story.
_ I'm a blur from the tribal [Eb]
side.
_ I'm the last gasp for [Bb] an [F] hour _ [Bb] [Cm] if you're [Eb] going 25.
[F] _ I [Bb] _ [Gm] am [Eb] Texan poet.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Eb] I'm dust that you [F] leave _ [Cm] behind.
I [Bb] am _ _ _ teacher's assistant. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] I'm the language of the natives.
_ [Eb] I'm the case _ and the draw.
_ [Gm]
I'm the pines [Eb] [Bb] behind the crayon.
I'm [Gm] the corn [Eb] beneath the [F] shade.
_ _ [Bb] [Eb] Where the boys have left [F]
their beer [Bb] cans.
[Gm] I am [F] weeds between the _ [Bb] crayons.
_ [Gm] _
I'm porches sagging feet.
[Bb] I'm [Eb] old black men and children. _ _
_ [Gm] _ I sleep this filthy [Bb]
dream.
_ I [Eb] am a dreamer. _
A _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ church beside the highway.
_ _ [Eb] _ Ditches never drain.
_ _ [Bb] I'm a Baptist like my dad. _ _ _
Jesus knows [Eb] my _ name.
[Gm] I am [Ebm] memory.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _
_ [Bb] I [Eb] am lonely.
_ [F] _
_ [Bb] I _ [Gm] am not your [F]
destination.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] [Eb] I am clinging [Bb] to [F] my place.
[Bb] _
[Gm] I am a [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] town in Carolina.
_ _ _ _ You were born in the [Eb] fields.
_ _ [Bb] I'm an old truck. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ All [Eb] my years.
[Gm] I am half [Eb] smooth living.
[Bb] [Cm] I'm a male _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ southern [F]
soldier's son.
[Bb] _ [Gm] I am tucked [Ebm]
behind the [F] _ [Bb] GCD sign.
[Gm]
All [Ebm] the [Bb] girls in the [F] world.
[Bb]
I [Eb] am town.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ [Gm] I am _ [Bb] town. _
[F] _ _ [Bb] I [Gm] am [Eb] town.
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Gm] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I am town.
Until the next time everyone, stay mighty, stay well.
We'll see you soon.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _