Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter - Songs From Home Episode 18: John Doe No. 24

[F] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Hi everyone, welcome back to Songs from Home.
[F] I'm here with _ _ my friend Angus.
_ Our
kitty is _ _ _ probably not going to make an appearance.
I know you've probably
prepared yourself for that already, _ but we're delighted to play another song for
you here at the farm. _ _ _ _
_ It's been a good week. _ _ _
The warmth has returned.
It's warmer
now than it's been since, I think they said September _ _ _ _ of last year, so the
warmth of spring has finally reached us here in Virginia.
_ _ And it's even a little
humid too.
_ So summer's on its way, that's for sure.
_ _ Wherever you are, we hope that
you're well.
We hope that you're healthy.
[G] We hope that you're strong and that
[Dm] you're mighty.
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ And I just wanted to say for those of you who've been saying how
clean my kitchen is, well _ obviously I'm only showing you _ one little corner of
it.
And I don't want you to see my dirty dishes.
_ You know, I do do my dishes before
I take these things.
So _
_ [D] _ [F] just a little [B] explanation of that.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] I _ _ _ _ _ was reminded of
this song this past [A] week.
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ [F] It's been a while since I've [Bm] played it.
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
It's in another Martian tune.
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Songs come from so [A] many different places.
[D] _
_ _ This is what we've said before. _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
And this _ [G] is a line of [Dm] literary that I read. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It's called John Doe, number 24.
_ _ [D] _ I [B] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
was [Bm] standing on this [D] sidewalk in _ _ [A] 1945 _ [D] in _ _ [G] Jacksonville, _ Illinois.
[Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
When asked [Bm] what my name [Dm] was, there came no [A] reply.
They said [D] I was _ [Bm] a deaf and [D] sightless hathwit boy.
_ _ _ _ But Lewis [Bm] was my name, [Dm] though I could not say it.
_ _ I was born and [B] raised in New [D] _ _ _
Orleans. _ _ _ _ _
My spirit [G] was wild, [Dm] so I let the [A] river take it.
[D] _ _ On a [Bm] barge and a [Dm] prayer stream.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
They [Bm] searched for mother [D] and they searched for father.
_ And they searched [Bm] till they searched [Dm] no more. _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] Doctors put to rest [D] their _ [A] scientific tests.
[D] And they named me _ [Bm] John Doe, [Dm] number 24.
_ _ _ And [D] they _ all [Bm] shook their [D] heads in _ pity.
_ _ _ For the [B] world's so silent [Dm] _ and dark.
_ _ _ [D] _ Well, there's no [G] doubt that [Dm] _ life's a _ [A] mystery.
_ _ [D] _ But so [B] too _ is the [Dm] human _ heart.
[A] And it was [D] my _ heart's [B] long forfeit.
_ [Dm] When the great [A] jasmine _ bloomed [D] on St.
[Bm] _ _ [Dm] Charles _ Avenue.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Bm] I couldn't hear the [Dm] bells of the _ [A] streetcars [D] coming. _ _
By [Bm] tolling the track _ [D] I knew.
_ [A] _ _ And [D] if I [B] were an _ old [Dm] man _ today.
_ _ With [D] my _ [Bm] satchel and [D] pork pie hat. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] I'd hit every _ [D] jazz joint on Berlin.
_ And I'd hit every one [B] on _ _ [D] Basin after _ that. _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _
[G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
The _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] years came passing [Dm] as they passed me [A] around.
[D] From _ one [G] state war [Dm] to another.
_ [A] _ Like [D] I was an _
[Bm] orphaned shoe _ [Dm] from the lost and found.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
[Bm] Always _ _ [Dm] missing the other.
_ _ _ [A] And [D] they _ gave [G] me a harp [Dm] last Christmas.
_ _ _ [D] And all the nurses [G] _ to the _ [D] dance. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Lately I've been [D] growing _ restless.
_ _ _ I've been _ dreaming [Bm] again _ [Dm] of the past.
_ [A] _ I'm [D] wandering _ [Bm] down to the banks [Dm] of the great big muddy.
_ Where [D] the shotgun _ [B] _ _ houses [Dm] _
_ stand.
_ _ _ _ [D]
I'm seven years [G] _ old [D] and I feel my [A] [D] daddy. _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ Above [Dm] my _ head. _ _ _
While I drew [Bm] breath no [Dm] one missed me. _ _ _
So [D] they hoped [Bm] on the day [Dm] that I ceased. _ _ _
[D] _ What a [Bm] spring of great _ [D] jazzmen we made. _ _
_ To _ [Bm] remind me of the _ [D] old _ days. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ Standing on the [Dm] sidewalk in _ _ [A] 1945.
[D] _ _ _ In _ [B] _
Jacksonville.
Here in the morning. _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[Gbm] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
That's _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ it from us, everyone.
[F] Angus is right here at my feet. _ _
_ He had a split on _ _ _ _ one of my feet so I was afraid to even move during the entire song.
But _ we're saying goodbye.
Thank you so much for coming.
Bye.
And we'll see you the next time.
And until then, you know what to do.
_ Stay well.
Stay strong.
_ Stay mighty.
Take good care.
_ _ _ [Bb] Bye. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _