#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# FAMILY HANDS (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------ [Recorded in F. Mary Chapin plays in dropped-D tuning (DADGBE) in the key of D, with a capo on the 3rd fret. John Jennings plays the lead part in C with a capo on the 5th fret (and standard tuning).] [All the verses aren't _exactly_ the same, but they're close enough that I only wrote tablature for the first verse.] [I wasn't able to write tablature for the rhythm guitar during the lead guitar solos, because the lead guitar gets in the way. But I _have_ written down the exact chord shapes she uses.] RHYTHM GUITAR (Mary Chapin Carpenter): D G/B D(9) G/B A7sus4 E 2---------------|----------------|----------0-----|----------------| B ----------------|----------3-----|----3-----------|----------3-----| G ----------2---2-|------0-------0-|--------------2-|------0-------0-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------2---| A --------0-------|0=2-----2-------|----------------|0=2-----0-------| D 0---------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . [intro] D(9) D(9)/F# G D/F# Em7 E ----------0-----|------0---------|----------------|------0---------| B ----3-----------|--3-------3-----|0---------------|--0-------0-----| G --------------2-|----------------|------0---2---0-|----------------| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------2-------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1. Last Sunday we got in the car and we drove 2. Your grandmother owned a gun in 1932 A7sus4 A7 Asus9 D G/B A7sus4 E ------0---------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B 3---------3-----|0=2-------0-----|3---------------|--3-------3-----| G ----------------|------0-------2-|----------2---0-|------0-------0-| D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------2---| A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|2-------0-------| D ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1. To the town you were raised in, your boyhood home 2. When times were bad just everywhere, you said she used it too D(9) D(9)/F# G5 D/F# Em7 E ----------0-----|------0---------|----------------|------0---------| B ----------------|--3-------3-----|3---------------|--0-------0-----| G ------2-------2-|--------------0-|------0---2---0-|--------------0-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------2-------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1. The trees were just turning, up on the ridge 2. And the life and times of everyone are traced inside their palms A7sus4 A7 Asus9 D(9) G/B A7sus4 E ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------| B 3---------3-----|2---------0-----|----------3-----|----------------| G --------------0-|------0-------2-|--------------2-|------0-------0-| D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------2---| A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|0=2-----0-------| D ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1. And this was your valley when you were a kid 2. Her skin may be so weathered, but her grip is still so strong D(9) D(9)/F# G D/F# Em7 E ----------0-----|------0---------|----------------|------0---------| B ----3-----------|--3-------3-----|0---------------|--0-------0-----| G --------------2-|--------------0-|------0---2---0-|----------------| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------2-------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1. You showed me the railroad that your daddy worked on 2. And I see your eyes belong to her and too your mama too 3. And a rich man you might never be, they'd love you just the same A7sus4 A7sus4 Asus9 D(9) G/B A7sus4 E ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|3=2-------------| B 3---------3-----|2=3-------0-----|3---------3-----|----------------| G ----------------|------0-------2-|--------------0-|------0---0-----| D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------2---| A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|2-------0-------| D ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1. As we neared the old house where your granny lives on 2. A slice of Virginia sky, the clearest shade of blue 3. They've handed down so much to you besides your Christian name D(9) D(9)/F# G5 D/F# Em7 E ----------0-----|------0---------|----------------|------0---------| B ----3-----------|--3-------3-----|0---------------|--0-------0-----| G --------------2-|----------------|------0---2---0-|--------------0-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D 0-------0-------|4-------4-------|5-------4-------|2-------2-------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1. She's nearing ninety years now, with her daughters by her side 2. [acoustic guitar solo] 3. And the spoken word won't heal you like the laying on of hands A7sus4 A9 A7 Asus4 D(9) D D/C# E ----------------|----------0-----|2-----3=2-----0-|----------------| B 3---------0-----|0=2---3---------|----------3-----|--3-------3-----| G ------0-------0-|--------------2-|----------------|------2-------0-| D ----2-------2---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A 0-------0-------|0-------0-------|----------------|--------4-------| D ----------------|----------------|0---------------|0---------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1. Who tend the places in the heart where loneliness can hide 2. [acoustic guitar solo] 3. Belonging to the ones who raised you to a man Bm7 Asus9 G A7sus4 D(9) D(9)/C# E ----------------|----------------|----------------|------0---------| B ----3-----3-----|------0---------|----------3-----|----------3-----| G ------2-------2-|----------2---0-|------0-------0-|--------------0-| D ----4-------4---|----2-------2---|----0-------2---|----0-------0---| A 2-------2-------|0-------0-------|--------0-------|--------4-------| D ----------------|----------------|5---------------|0---------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1,2,3. Raised by the women who are stronger than you know Bm7 Asus9 Em7 A Asus4 E ----------------|----------------|------0---------|----------0-----| B ----3-----3-----|------0---------|----------0-----|2-----3---------| G ------2-------2-|----------2---0-|--------------0-|--2-----------2-| D ----4-------4---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---| A 2-------2-------|0-------0-------|----------------|0-------0-------| D ----------------|----------------|2-------2-------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1,2,3. A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn D D(9) D(9)/C# D9/C G6/B E 2-----0---------|------0---------|------0---------|------0---------| B ----------3-----|--3-------3-----|----------3-----|--3-------3-----| G --------------2-|--------------2-|--------------2-|--------------0-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---| A ----------------|4-------4-------|3-------3-------|2-------2-------| D 0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1,2,3. The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth Em7 D/F# G A7 E ----------------|----------------|----------------| B 0---------------|0---------0-----|----------2-----| G ------0---2---0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---| A ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------| D 2-------4-------|5-------5-------|----------------| (3rd time to Coda) ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1,2,3. By your mother and her mother, the weavers of your cloth D D(9)/C# G6/B A7 Asus4 E ----------2-----|0---------------|------0---------|----------0-----| B ----------------|----------------|----------3-----|2-----3---------| G ------2-------2-|----------2---0-|--------------0-|--0-----------2-| D ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---| A ----------------|4-------4-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------| D 0-------0-------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . 1. [instrumental] (1st time: go back to beginning of verse.) 2. [first 4 bars of solo] (2nd time: continue with solo) Lead guitar solo | Gmaj7 | D | Em7 | A Asus9 | | 5x403x | 0x023x | 2x0000 | x0222x x0220x | | G/B A/C# | D | G A7 | Bm7(4) | | 5x003x x4222x | 0x0232 | 5x003x x0202x | x2023x | | E7 | E7 | Em7 | A7 | | 2x0100 | 2x0100 | 2x0000 | x0202x | | A7sus4 | A7 | | x0203x | x0202x | [Now go back to middle of verse] Coda | D | Gmaj7/B | D | Gmaj7/B | | 0x023x | x20032 | 2x0000 | x20032 | | D A/C# | Bm7 A7 | G A7 | D || | 0x023x x4222x | x2023x x0202x | 5x000x x0202x | 000232 || LEAD GUITAR (John Jennings): [Remember, this is written in C because Jennings has a 5th fret capo.] First solo (end of second verse) C C/E F C/E Dm7 E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------1-| G --|------0-0-------|----------------|--------2=0-----|----------0=2---| D 03|3--2------------|----------------|-----3-------2--|0-----2=3-------| A --|triplet---------|----------2-3-2-|0-3-------------|----------------| E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . G7sus4 G7 C C C/B Am E ----------------|------0=1-------|----------------|----------------|--| B 0-----3---------|0--------------3|----------------|----------------|--| G --2=0-----2-----|----------0---4-|5---------------|----------------|--| D ----------------|----------------|--------3-------|0=2-----0-------|--| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------3=2-|0-| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ Longer solo (before third verse) C G/B F/A G7 E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----------------|----------------|------0-2-------|----------------| D -----------3--2-|2/5-----------2-|3-------------32|0---------------| A --------triplet-|----------------|----------------|----------23--2-| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ...cloth ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . Fmaj7 C Dm7 G E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|------1---3/5-5/|6~~~--------1-31|0---------------| G --------------2=|0---------------|----------2-----|----------------| D ------------3---|--3=2-----------|----------------|----------------| A 0-------0-3-----|----------------|----------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . F/A G/B C F G7 Am7 E --1=0-----------|--3-------------|---3--1-0-------|----------------| B ------1-3-0=1-3-|5---------------|-----------3--0-|1-----0-1-------| G ----------------|----------------|triplet-0-------|--------------0-| D ----------------|----------------|-----------3--0-|2-----0-2-------| A ----------------|----------------|--------triplet-|--------------2-| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . D7 D7 Dm7 G7 E ----------------|----------------|-----------0----|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|------1-1--1--3-|0-----------1=0=| G ----------------|----------0-2=0-|---2--2-2-------|0---------------| D 4---------------|----------------|3-------triplet-|----------------| A 0---------------|----------------|triplet---------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . G7sus4 G7 E ----------------|----------------| B 1-1=0-----------|----------------| G ------0---------|----------------| D --------0---3---|----------------| A ----------3---3-|/5--------------| E ----------------|----------------| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . Coda C Fmaj7 D Fmaj7 E --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --|3/5-------------|1---------------|----------------|----------------| G 0-|--------------0-|2---------0=2---|0---------------|--------------0-| D --|----------------|--------------3-|-----------2--0-|----------------| A --|----------------|----------------|-----------3----|3---------------| D --|----------------|----------------|--------triplet-|5---------------| . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . C G/B Am7 G7 F G7 C E --------------3-|------3---------|---3--1-0-------|----------------|| B 3/5-----3-------|1-------0-------|-----------3----|1---------------|| G -----(0)---(0)--|---(0)----------|triplet-0-----0-|0---------------|| D ----------------|----------------|--------triplet-|2---------------|| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|3---------------|| D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|| ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com