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Mr Tanner

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From: [email protected] (MR KEN L REYNOLDS)
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 1998 22:21:49, -0500
Subject: c/chapin_harry/mr_tanner.pro

album: Short Stories
song: Mr. Tanner
artist: Harry Chapin
transcribed: Ken Reynolds

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Mister Tanner
Harry Chapin        (klr)

Mister G Tanner was a G/f cleaner from a Em town in the Mid
G/D west
And of G all the cleaning G/f shops around Em hed made his the
D best
But he C also was a Bb baritone who Am7 sang while hanging G
clothes
He practiced scales while G/f pressing tails and Em sang at local
D shows
His Em friends and neighbors praised the voice that D poured out
from his throat
They Em said that he should use his gift in D stead of cleaning
coats

G But Bm music was his life, it was Am7 not his livelihood
And it Em made him feel so happy and it G/d made him feel so
D/C good
And he G/b sang from his heart C  and he G/d sang from his D
soul
He G did not know how C well he sang, G it just C made him
G whole

His G friends kept working G/f on him to try Em music out full
G/D time
A G big debut and G/f rave reviews a Em great career to D
climb
C Finally they Bb got to him Am7 he would take the fling G
A concert agent G/f in New York Em agreed to have him D sing
And there were Em plane tickets, phone calls, D money spent to
rent the hall
It Em took most of his savings but he D gladly used them all

G But Bm music was his life, it was Am7 not his livelihood
And it Em made him feel so happy and it G/d made him feel so
D/C good
And he G/b sang from his heart C  and he G/d sang from his D
soul
He G did not know how C well he sang, G it just C made him
G whole

The G evening came he G/f took the stage his Em face set in a
G/D smile
And in the G half filled hall the G/f critics sat Em watching
on the D aisle
But the C concert was a Bb blur to him Am7 spatters of applause
G
He did not know how G/f well he sang, he Em only heard the D
flaws
But the Em critics were concise, it D only took four lines
But Em no one could accuse them of D being overkind

(spoken) G Mr Martin Tanner, Baritone, of G/f Dayton Ohio
Made his Town Hall Eb debut last night.  He came well G/d
prepared
But unfortunately his presentation C was not up to contemporary
Professional Bb standards.  His voice lacks the Abmaj7 range of
tonal color
Necessary to make it consistently G interesting
C Full time consideration of an Bb other endeavor might be in G
order
G/F - Em - G/D - G - G/F - Em - G/D

G He came back home to G/f Dayton and was Em questioned by his
friends G
Then he G smiled and just said G/f nothing and he Em never sang
D again
C Excepting very late Bb at night when the Am shop was dark and
G closed
He sang softly to himself as he sorted through the D clothes

G - Bm Music was his life, it was not Am7 his livelihood
And it Em made him feel so happy, it G made him feel so D good
And he G/b sang from his C heart and he G sang from his D
soul
And he G did not know how C well he sang
Bb It just Abmaj7 made him G whole

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