#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider) FROM CLARE TO HERE (Ralph McTell) [This is Nanci Griffith's version.] ----------------------------------- [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 F G C - G C The only time I feel all right is when I'm into drinking F G C - G/B Am - Am/G It can sort of ease the pain of it and it levels out my thinking 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).] ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-== 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., go to my World Wide Web page: http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/hpp/acs.html ==-=--=---=----=-----=-------=---------=---------=-------=-----=----=---=--=-==