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[This is Nanci Griffith's version.]
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[Actually in G; capo 7.]
[Notes in parentheses are quiet or nonexistent.]
[Am(9)] [C/G] [Fmaj9] [G] [Am7] [Am(9)]
|----------------|------------0---|----------------|--------0-------|
|------1-------1-|------1-1-----1-|3-----3-------3-|------1-------1-|
|----4-------0---|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------4---|
|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|-(2)------2-----|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|
|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[intro]
[Am(9)] [C/G] [Fmaj9] [G] [C] [C(4)] [C]
|0---------------|------------0---|----------------|--------0-------|--------|
|------1-0-----1-|------1-1-----1-|3-----3-------3-|------1-------1-|---1---1|
|----4-------0---|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--0---0-|
|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------3-----|-2---2--|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---3---|
|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|--------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[intro]
[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [C] [G(9)] [G]
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Four who shared this room, we were caught up in the cracks
[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [C] [C/G] [G]
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0------(0)|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3------(3)------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Sleeping late on Sundays and we never got to mass, and
[Fmaj9] [G] [C] [C(4)] [C]
|--------0---0---|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|
|------1-------3-|------3------(3)|------1-------1-|------1-----1---|
|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0---------0-|
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------3-----|--2-------2-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long way from Clare to here
[Fmaj9] [G] [E7/G#] [Am(9)] [Am(9)/G] [C/G]
|------------0---|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|
|------1---------|3----(0)----0---|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|
|----0-----------|----0-----------|----4-------4---|----4-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-2---|
|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|3-------4-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long way from Clare to here
[Fmaj9] [Esus4] [Am(9)] [Am(9)/G] [Fmaj9]
|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|
|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|
|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----4-------4---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|0-------0-------|--------3-------|1-------1-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
[Fmaj9] [G] [Am(9)] [Am(9)] [Am(9)/G]
|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|0---------------|
|------1-------1-|------3------(3)|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----4-------4---|----4---4---4---|
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|
|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long long way from Clare to here
[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [C] [G]
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|--------3-------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Friday comes around, we're only into fighting
[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [C] [G]
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
My ma would like a letter home, but I'm too tired for writing
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It almost breaks my heart when I think of my family
I told them I'd be coming home with my pockets full of greens
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
The [F]only time I f[G]eel all right is [C]when[-] I'm [G]into [C]drinking
It can[F] sort of ease the p[G]ain of it and it[C] leve[-]ls o[G/B]ut my th[Am]inkin[-]g[Am/G]
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
I sometimes hear the fiddles play; maybe it's just a notion
I dream I see white horses dance upon that other ocean
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
[Ending: Fmaj9 G Am(9).]
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If you want guitar chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls,
Mary Karlzen, Lucinda Williams, etc., go to my World Wide Web page:
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[This is Nanci Griffith's version.]
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[Actually in G; capo 7.]
[Notes in parentheses are quiet or nonexistent.]
[Am(9)] [C/G] [Fmaj9] [G] [Am7] [Am(9)]
|----------------|------------0---|----------------|--------0-------|
|------1-------1-|------1-1-----1-|3-----3-------3-|------1-------1-|
|----4-------0---|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------4---|
|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|-(2)------2-----|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|
|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[intro]
[Am(9)] [C/G] [Fmaj9] [G] [C] [C(4)] [C]
|0---------------|------------0---|----------------|--------0-------|--------|
|------1-0-----1-|------1-1-----1-|3-----3-------3-|------1-------1-|---1---1|
|----4-------0---|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|--0---0-|
|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------3-----|-2---2--|
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3---3---|
|--------3-------|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|--------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[intro]
[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [C] [G(9)] [G]
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Four who shared this room, we were caught up in the cracks
[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [C] [C/G] [G]
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0------(0)|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3------(3)------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Sleeping late on Sundays and we never got to mass, and
[Fmaj9] [G] [C] [C(4)] [C]
|--------0---0---|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|
|------1-------3-|------3------(3)|------1-------1-|------1-----1---|
|----0-----------|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0---------0-|
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------3-----|--2-------2-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long way from Clare to here
[Fmaj9] [G] [E7/G#] [Am(9)] [Am(9)/G] [C/G]
|------------0---|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|
|------1---------|3----(0)----0---|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|
|----0-----------|----0-----------|----4-------4---|----4-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-2---|
|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|3-------4-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long way from Clare to here
[Fmaj9] [Esus4] [Am(9)] [Am(9)/G] [Fmaj9]
|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|----------------|
|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|
|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----4-------4---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--3-------3-----|
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|0-------0-------|--------3-------|1-------1-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
[Fmaj9] [G] [Am(9)] [Am(9)] [Am(9)/G]
|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|0---------------|
|------1-------1-|------3------(3)|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----4-------4---|----4---4---4---|
|--3-------3-----|--0-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|
|----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
|1-------1-------|3-------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
It's a long long way from Clare to here
[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [C] [G]
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|--------3-------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Friday comes around, we're only into fighting
[Fmaj9] [Fmaj9] [C] [G]
|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------1-------1-|------0-------0-|
|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
|--3-------3-----|--3-------3-----|--2-------2-----|--0-------0-----|
|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
|1-------1-------|1-------1-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
My ma would like a letter home, but I'm too tired for writing
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It almost breaks my heart when I think of my family
I told them I'd be coming home with my pockets full of greens
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
The [F]only time I f[G]eel all right is [C]when[-] I'm [G]into [C]drinking
It can[F] sort of ease the p[G]ain of it and it[C] leve[-]ls o[G/B]ut my th[Am]inkin[-]g[Am/G]
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
I sometimes hear the fiddles play; maybe it's just a notion
I dream I see white horses dance upon that other ocean
And it's a long way from Clare to here
It's a long way from Clare from here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way, gets further by the day
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
It's a long, long way from Clare to here
[Ending: Fmaj9 G Am(9).]
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If you want guitar chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls,
Mary Karlzen, Lucinda Williams, etc., go to my World Wide Web page:
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