G:F, C:Bb, D:C, Em:Dm, Am:Bm

You can also use a capo at the 10th fret
and play the tab chords if you want to remain in the original key.

Any other discrepancies are the sole domain of the tab’s author. Enjoy! -JB)

I’m sitting on a southbound train
Staring at the sky
I’m thinking of my childhood
And I’m trying not to cry;
While a stranger sleeps against me,
And it feels like she’s my wife.
The towns and cities flutter past
Like the pages of my life.

My heart is on the baggage rack,
It’s heavy as can be.
I wish that I could find someone
Who would carry it for me;
Just to pay it some attention
And to handle it with care
Because it has been dropped and
Is in need of some repair.

Some things I know,
Some things I guess,
Some things I wish I could learn to express,
Like the way that I feel as I stare at the sky,
And I remember your voice and the sound of your goodbye.

Maybe it’s the autumn chill,
Maybe it’s the rain,
Maybe I could wake the stranger
And ask her for her name.
But my eyes, they would betray me,
And my words could not defend.
No I must learn to wait my turn
Before I love again

Some things I know,
Some things I guess,
Some things I wish I could learn to express,
Like the way that I feel as I stare at the sky,
And I remember your voice and the sound of your goodbye.

THESE DAYS IN AN OPEN BOOK (Nanci Griffith)

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[Capo 2; open G tuning (DGDGBD).]
[Note that Bm(G) probably isn’t a good name for a chord; it’s just my
shorthand for “Bm(addG).”]
[Gx00000; Gsus/Ax20010; Am11x22010; Bm(G)x44030; Csus2x50030;
Dsusx20030; C/Gx02010; D/Gx04030; Gsusx00010; G/Bx40000.]
[Each chord, or group of chords joined by a hyphens (e.g., “Csus2 – Dsus”)
is one measure; listen to the recording to get the rhythm.]

[intr[Gsus/A]o][-][Bm(G)][-]

Shut it down and call this road a day
And put this s[C/G]ilence i[-]n my h[D/G]eart i[-]n a [C/G]better place[-]
I had travelled with your ghosts now for so many years
That I see you in[-] the sh[Bm(G)]adows, in hotel room[-]s and h[G/B]eadlights
[Gsus/A] You’re comin[-]g up bes[G/B]ide me whether it’s day or[-] n[G/B]ight[-][Gsus/A]

These days my l[Gsus/A]ife is an open book
Missi[G/B]ng pag[-]es I cannot seem to find
These days your f[Gsus/A]ace in my memory
Is in a[G/B] folded h[-]and of grace against these [(G)]times
(..times[Gsus/A]) [similar to i[-]nt[Bm(G)]ro][-][-]

No one’s ever come between your memory and me
I have driven this weary vessel here alone
Will you still find me if I leave you here beside this road
‘Cause I need someone who can touch me, who’ll put no one above me
Someone who needs me like the air he breathes

These days my life is an open book
Missing pages I cannot seem to find
These days your face in my memory
Is in a folded hand of grace against these times

I can’t[-] reme[G/B]mber where this [Gsus/A]toll road [-]goes[G/B]
Maybe i[-]t’s [G/B]Fort Worth, maybe it’s a [Gsus/A]heart of go[-]ld[G/B]
The pric[-]e of [G/B]love is such a [Gsus/A]heavy toll
That I’ve l[Gsus/A]ived my life in[-] the back[G/B]roads with your love i[-]n my p[G/B]ocket
If I [Gsus/A]spend the love y[-]ou gave me, [G/B]tell me, where wil[-]l it [G/B]go?[-][Gsus/A]

These days my life is an open book
Missing pages I cannot seem to find
These days your face in my memory
Is in a folded hand of grace against these times (time…)

These days your f[Gsus/A]ace in my memory
Is in a[G/B] folded h[-]and of grace against these
[G/B] Folded h[-]and of grace of mine
[G/B] Folded h[-]and of grace against these [(G)]times
G Gsus/A Gsus/A – G/B Csus2 – G/B – Gsus/A G.
(..times)

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Adam Schneider schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu Minneapolis, MN
If you want guitar chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls,
Mary Karlzen, Lucinda Williams, etc., mail me or check my home page:
http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/hpp/acs.html

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