Mr. Tanner chords by
Harry Chapin

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Key: G major•

Verse 1

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Mister

Tanner was a cleaner

from a town in the Midwest.

And of all the cleaning shops around

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he'd made his the best.

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But he also was a baritone who sang

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while hanging clothes.

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He practiced scales while pressing

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tails and sang at local shows.

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His friends and neighbors praised the voice

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that poured out from his throat.

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They said that he should use his gift

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instead of cleaning coats.

Verse 2

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But music was his life,

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it was not his livelihood,

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And it made him feel so happy and

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it made him feel so good.

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And he sang from his heart

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and he sang from his soul.

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He did not know how well he sang; It

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just made him whole.

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Verse 3

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His friends kept working on him

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to try mu sic out full time.

A big debut and rave reviews,

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a great career to climb.

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Finally they got to him,

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he would take the fling.

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A concert agent in New York

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agreed to have him sing.

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And there were plane tickets, phone calls,

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money spent to rent the hall.

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It took most of his savings but

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he gladly used them all.

Verse 4

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But music was his life,

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it was not his livelihood,

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And it made him feel so happy and

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it made him feel so good.

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And he sang from his heart

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and he sang from his soul.

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He did not know how well he sang; It

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just made him whole.

Verse 5

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The evening came, he took the stage,

his face set in a smile.

And in the half filled hall the critics

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sat watching on the aisle.

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But the concert was a blur to him,

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spatters of applause.

He did not know how well he sang,

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he only heard the flaws.

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But the critics were concise,

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it only took four lines.

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But no one could accuse

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them of be ing over kind.

Verse 6

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Mr. Martin Tanner, Baritone,

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of Dayton, Ohio made his

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Town Hall debut last night. He came well prepared,

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but unfortunately

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His presentation was not up to con

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temporary professional standards.

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His voice lacks the range of tonal

color necessary to make it

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Consistently interesting.

Verse 7

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Full time consideration of another endeavor

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might be in order.

He came home to Dayton and was

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questioned by his friends.

Then he smiled and just said nothing

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and he never sang again,

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Excepting very late at night when the

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shop was dark and closed.

He sang softly to himself as he sorted

Interlude 1

through the clothes.

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Verse 8

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Music was his life,

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it was not his livelihood,

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And it made him feel so happy and

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it made him feel so good.

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And he sang from his heart and

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he sang from his soul.

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He did not know how well he sang; It

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just made him

whole.

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