Mr. Tanner

Mr. Tanner easy guitar chords by Harry Chapin

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  • Verse 1
    Mister 

    Tanner 
    was 
    a cleaner 

    from 
    a town 
    in 
    the 
    Midwest. 

    And 
    of all 
    the cleaning 
    shops 
    around 

    he'd 
    made 
    his 
    the best. 

    But he 
    also 
    was 
    baritone 
    who sang 

    while 
    hanging 
    clothes. 

    He 
    practiced 
    scales 
    while pressing 

    tails 
    and sang 
    at local 
    shows. 

    His 
    friends 
    and neighbors 
    praised 
    the voice 

    that 
    poured 
    out 
    from 
    his 
    throat. 

    They 
    said 
    that he 
    should 
    use 
    his 
    gift 

    in
    stead 
    of 
    cleaning 
    coats. 

    Verse 2

    But 
    music 
    was 
    his life, 

    it 
    was 
    not 
    his 
    livelihood, 

    And 
    it made 
    him 
    feel 
    so 
    happy 
    and 

    it made 
    him feel 
    so good. 

    And 
    he sang 
    from his 
    heart 

    and 
    he 
    sang 
    from his 
    soul. 

    He 
    did not 
    know 
    how 
    well 
    he 
    sang; It 

    just 
    made 
    him 
    whole. 

    Verse 3

    His 
    friends 
    kept 
    working 
    on 
    him 

    to try 
    mu
    sic 
    out 
    full 
    time. 

    A big 
    debut 
    and rave 
    reviews, 

    great 
    career 
    to climb. 

    Finally 
    they 
    got 
    to him, 

    he would 
    take 
    the fling. 

    A concert 
    agent 
    in 
    New 
    York 

    agreed 
    to 
    have 
    him 
    sing. 

    And 
    there 
    were plane 
    tickets, 
    phone 
    calls, 

    money 
    spent 
    to rent 
    the 
    hall. 

    It 
    took 
    most 
    of 
    his savings 
    but 

    he gladly 
    used 
    them 
    all. 

    Verse 4

    But 
    music 
    was 
    his life, 

    it 
    was 
    not 
    his 
    livelihood, 

    And 
    it made 
    him 
    feel 
    so 
    happy 
    and 

    it made 
    him feel 
    so good. 

    And 
    he sang 
    from his 
    heart 

    and 
    he sang 
    from his 
    soul. 

    He 
    did not 
    know 
    how 
    well he 
    sang; It 

    just 
    made 
    him 
    whole. 

    Verse 5

    The evening 
    came, 
    he took 
    the 
    stage, 

    his 
    face 
    set 
    in 
    a smile. 

    And 
    in 
    the half 
    filled 
    hall 
    the critics 

    sat 
    watching 
    on 
    the aisle. 

    But 
    the 
    concert 
    was 
    a blur 
    to him, 

    spatters 
    of 
    ap
    plause. 

    He 
    did 
    not 
    know 
    how 
    well 
    he sang, 

    he 
    only 
    heard 
    the flaws. 

    But the 
    critics 
    were 
    concise, 

    it 
    only 
    took 
    four 
    lines. 

    But 
    no 
    one 
    could 
    accuse 

    them 
    of 
    be
    ing 
    over 
    kind. 

    Verse 6
    Mr. 
    Martin 
    Tanner, 
    Baritone, 

    of Dayton, 
    Ohio 
    made 
    his 

    Town 
    Hall 
    debut 
    last 
    night. 
    He came 
    well 
    prepared, 

    but unfortunately 

    His presenta
    tion 
    was 
    not up 
    to con

    temporary 
    professional 
    standards. 

    His voice 
    lacks 
    the range 
    of tonal 

    color 
    necessary 
    to 
    make 
    it 

    Con
    sistently 
    interesting. 

    Verse 7
    Full 
    time 
    consideration 
    of an
    other 
    endeavor 

    might 
    be 
    in or
    der. 

    He came 
    home 
    to Dayton 
    and was 

    questioned 
    by 
    his 
    friends. 

    Then he smiled 
    and just 
    said 
    nothing 

    and 
    he 
    never 
    sang 
    again, 

    Except
    ing 
    very 
    late 
    at night 
    when the 

    shop 
    was 
    dark 
    an
    d closed. 

    He sang 
    softly 
    to 
    himself 
    as he 
    sorted 

    Interlude 1
    through 
    the clothes. 



    Verse 8
    Music 
    was 
    his life, 

    it 
    was 
    not 
    his 
    livelihood, 

    And 
    it 
    made 
    him 
    feel 
    so 
    happy 
    and 

    it 
    made 
    him 
    feel 
    so 
    good. 

    And 
    he sang 
    from 
    his 
    heart 
    and 

    he 
    sang 
    from 
    his 
    soul. 

    He 
    did 
    not 
    know 
    how 
    well 
    he 
    sang; It 

    just 
    made 
    him 

    whole. 

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