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

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_ The reason I play this song [Bb] is _ because [Cm] of a little boy that I saw wearing a suit.
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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.
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_ 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.
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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.
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I thought, well that's cute.
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Little boy all dressed for success.
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_ [Bb] _ But [Eb] soon I realized it was in fact [F] not cute [Eb] and what an asshole this guy must be.
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_ [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.
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Someday [Gm] my baby [Cm] when I [Eb] am a man
[Fm] And others [Bb] have taught me [Eb] the best to [Bb] take
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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
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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
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[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 _ _
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_ _ [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
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Yeah, I'm going [Eb] to work in tall buildings _ _ _
[Ab] I'm going _ [Bb] to work in tall _ _ _ _ _ _ buildings
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