Chords for Max Gomez, "Tall Buildings" by John Hartford // GemsOnVHS™

Tempo:
120.2 bpm
Chords used:

Eb

Bb

Cm

Ab

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Max Gomez, "Tall Buildings" by John Hartford // GemsOnVHS™ chords
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[Eb]
The reason I play this song [Bb] is because [Cm] of a little boy that I saw wearing a suit.
[Ab]
[Eb] [Ab]
I was on one of the [Eb] first tours I was ever [Dm] invited on.
[Eb] I was opening [C] shows for Patty [Cm] Griffin.
[Ab]
We were in [Bb] Baton Rouge, Louisiana [Ab] doing a show and [Cm] this was all brand new stuff to me.
[Bb] Shows like this.
[Fm] [Eb] We were staying in a really nice hotel.
The hotel was so nice there was a wedding taking [Bb] place [Cm] downstairs.
[Ab] I'm walking down there and [Bb] I'm across the street from the [Eb] gig.
I see a little boy wearing a suit.
[Cm] [Gm] You know he's [Cm] there for the wedding.
I [Gm] overheard his father tell [C] him,
Son, you better get used [Gm] to that suit.
[Bb]
Because [Ab] one day when you [Bb] grow up, you're going to [C] have to put one on [Eb] every morning when you go [Bb] to work.
[Cm] [Bb]
I thought, well that's cute.
[C]
Little boy all dressed for success.
[Fm]
[Bb] But [Eb] soon I realized it was in fact [F] not cute [Eb] and what an asshole this guy must be.
[Cm]
[Eb] It reminded me of this old [Ab] folk song [Bb] that a good friend of mine used to [Eb] play night after night
when we had this little gig playing a little bar years in New Mexico.
That night, I'd never played that song before, but that night I wrote down the words to it and I played it.
I've been playing it ever since.
It's [Bb] an old folk song [Ab] by John Hartford.
[Eb]
[Gm] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[Gm] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb] [Eb]
Someday [Gm] my baby [Cm] when I [Eb] am a man
[Fm] And others [Bb] have taught me [Eb] the best to [Bb] take
[Cm] [Bb] [Eb]
They'll sell me a [Bb] [Eb] suit, [Cm] they'll cut all my [Eb] hair
[Ab] And send [Eb] me to work in tall buildings
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb] So [Eb] it's goodbye to the sunshine,
[Cm] goodbye [Eb] to the dew
[Ab] Goodbye to [Eb] the flowers and goodbye [Bb] to you
[Cm] [Gm]
[Eb] I'm off [Gm] to the subway, [Cm] I must not [Eb] be late
[Ab] I'm going [Eb] to work in tall buildings
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Gm]
[Cm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[Eb] [Gm]
[Cm] [Eb]
[Ab] [Bb] [Cm] [Bb]
[Eb]
So when I [Bb] retire, [Cm] my life is [Eb] my own
I've [Ab] paid all of [Eb] my debts and it's time to come home
And wonder what [Bb] [Cm] happened betwixt [Eb] and between
[Ab] When I [Eb] went to work in tall [Gm] buildings
[Eb] So it's goodbye to the [Bb] sunshine, [Cm] goodbye [Eb] to the dew
[Ab] Goodbye [Eb] to the flowers and goodbye [Bb] to [Cm] you
[Gm]
[Eb] I'm off to the [Dm] subway, [Cm] I must not [Eb] be late
[Ab] I'm going [Eb] to work in tall buildings
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bb]
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Bb] [Gm] So it's [Eb] goodbye [Bb] to the sunshine,
[Cm] goodbye [Eb] to the dew
[Ab] Goodbye [Eb] to the flowers and goodbye to you
I'm off to [Bb] the subway,
[Cm] I must not [Eb] be late
[Ab] I'm going [Eb] to work in tall buildings
[Ab]
Yeah, I'm going [Eb] to work in tall buildings
[Ab] I'm going [Bb] to work in tall buildings
[Eb]
[Ab] [Eb]
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[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The reason I play this song [Bb] is _ because [Cm] of a little boy that I saw wearing a suit.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ _
I was on one of the [Eb] first tours I was ever [Dm] invited on.
[Eb] _ I was opening [C] shows for Patty [Cm] Griffin.
_ [Ab] _
_ We were in [Bb] Baton Rouge, Louisiana [Ab] doing a show and _ _ _ [Cm] this was all brand new stuff to me.
[Bb] Shows like this.
_ [Fm] [Eb] We were staying in a really nice hotel.
_ The hotel was so nice there was a wedding taking [Bb] place [Cm] downstairs.
[Ab] I'm walking down there and [Bb] I'm across the street from the [Eb] gig.
_ I see a little boy wearing a suit. _ _ _
[Cm] _ [Gm] You know he's [Cm] there for the wedding.
I [Gm] overheard his father tell [C] him, _
Son, you better get used [Gm] to that suit.
[Bb] _
Because [Ab] one day when you [Bb] grow up, you're going to [C] have to put one on [Eb] every morning when you go [Bb] to work.
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ _
I thought, well that's cute.
_ [C] _
Little boy all dressed for success.
[Fm] _ _
_ [Bb] _ But [Eb] soon I realized it was in fact [F] not cute [Eb] and what an asshole this guy must be.
_ _ [Cm] _
_ [Eb] It reminded me of this old [Ab] folk song [Bb] that a good friend of mine used to [Eb] play night after night
when we had this little gig playing a little bar years in New Mexico. _ _ _
That night, I'd never played that song before, but that night I wrote down the words to it and I played it.
I've been playing it ever since.
It's [Bb] an old folk song [Ab] _ by John Hartford.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Someday [Gm] my baby [Cm] when I [Eb] am a man
[Fm] And others [Bb] have taught me [Eb] the best to [Bb] take
[Cm] _ [Bb] _ [Eb]
They'll sell me a [Bb] [Eb] suit, _ [Cm] they'll cut all my [Eb] hair
[Ab] And send [Eb] me to work in tall buildings
[Bb] _ _ [Cm] [Bb] So [Eb] it's goodbye to the sunshine, _
[Cm] goodbye [Eb] to the dew _
[Ab] Goodbye to [Eb] the flowers and goodbye [Bb] to you
[Cm] _ [Gm]
[Eb] I'm off [Gm] to the subway, [Cm] I must not [Eb] be late
[Ab] I'm going [Eb] to work in tall buildings
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Bb] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _
So when I [Bb] _ retire, [Cm] my life is [Eb] my own
I've [Ab] paid all of [Eb] my debts and it's time to come home
And wonder what [Bb] [Cm] happened _ betwixt [Eb] and between _
[Ab] When I [Eb] went to work in tall [Gm] buildings _
[Eb] So it's goodbye to the [Bb] sunshine, [Cm] goodbye [Eb] to the dew _
[Ab] Goodbye [Eb] to the flowers and goodbye [Bb] to [Cm] you
[Gm] _
[Eb] I'm off to the [Dm] subway, [Cm] I must not [Eb] be late _
[Ab] I'm going [Eb] to work in tall buildings _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] So it's [Eb] goodbye [Bb] to the sunshine, _
[Cm] goodbye [Eb] to the dew _
[Ab] Goodbye [Eb] to the flowers and goodbye to you _ _
I'm off to [Bb] the subway, _
[Cm] I must not [Eb] be late
[Ab] I'm going [Eb] to work in tall buildings
_ [Ab] _
Yeah, I'm going [Eb] to work in tall buildings _ _ _
[Ab] I'm going _ [Bb] to work in tall _ _ _ _ _ _ buildings
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

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