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Mary Chapin Carpenter
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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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He was a long,

tall stranger from way down south
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Where he'd left his life behind
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He had a big, old Gibson and
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a pickup truck
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And Shenandoah eyes
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And I remember him sitting
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in that local bar
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Where I earned my pay each night
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Singing my songs to empty chairs
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and going home half tight
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Verse 2
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So the nights rolled by like headlights
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shining on a lonesome strip of tar
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I kept his word of kindness close
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to me like a pick on my guitar
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And we talked about the singers
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and the songs we loved
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And the songs we'd most forgot
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In that run -down bar bar
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they'd make last call
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And I'd never want to stop
Verse 3
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[Chorus] 'Cause I was

living on nothing
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but a young girl's dreams
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With my cowboy boots and
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my old six-string
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Hitching Hitching my
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wagon to a star
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Dreaming of leaving those local bars
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When I'd get him up at closing time
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For a couple of songs and
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a chance to shine
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Like the star that he longed to be
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He looked a hell of a lot
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like me
Interlude 1
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Verse 4
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Well, he'd played a lot of places where the
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only wages were food and beer for free
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No fancy licks, but he had him a gift
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for the kinds of songs he'd sing
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But you do what you can to
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be a sat isfied man
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Just to have your peace of mind
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So he gave it all up for a government job
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where the paychecks come on time
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Verse 5
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So now he comes to the bar

to hear me play guitar
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And to share a drink or two
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And we sit swapping tales of where we've
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been and what we'd rather do
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There's a wealth of dangers when
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you're talking to strangers
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And I meet them all the time
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But my heart knew better than my head when I looked into those eyes
Interlude 2
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Verse 6
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[Chorus] Well, maybe

I'll quit when I've got me
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a kid and a place to call my own
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But tonight there ain't nobody
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there waiting up for me at home
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It's a helluva way to live from day to day
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Not knowing where you're bound
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But the look in his eyes made me realize
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I was glad for the life I'd found
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[Chorus]
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • A

  • Em

  • F#m

    2

  • Bm

    2

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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The original key of A Lot Like Me by Mary Chapin Carpenter is F major.

The primary chords used in A Lot Like Me are F, Bb, C, Gm, Am, Dm.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like F, Bb, C, Gm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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