Chords used: C, G, Am, F
C G Am F
e|---0-----1-----0-----1-|
B|---1-----0-----1-----1-|
G|---0-----0-----2-----2-|
D|---2-----0-----2-----3-|
A|---3-----2-----0-----3-|
E|---------3-------------|
The following picking pattern can be played as an intro or throughout the entire song.
It sounds good either way.
C Am G C
e|--0------0------1------1------| Play 2x
B|--1------1------0------0------|
G|------------------------------|
D|----0-2----0-2-----------0-2--|
A|--3------0--------0-2--3------|
E|----------------3-------------|
F C G C Am G C C
e|--1------0------1------1------0------1------0------0----|
B|--1------1------0------0------1------0------1------1----|
G|------2-------------------------------------------------|
D|----3------0-2-----------0-2----0-2-----------0-2----0-2|
A|--3------3--------0-2--3------0--------0-2--3------3----|
E|----------------3--------------------3------------------|
C Am G C
When I was born they said I could have died.
C Am G C
My father did weep and my mother, she cried.
F C G C
Although my lungs were withered inside,
Am G C C
A two pound boy was alive.
C Am G C
Many months later I was taken home,
C Am G C
To a nice little house where I mended my bones.
F C G C
I would sit in the tree that once bordered the road,
Am G C C
Watch the world as it turned so slow.
C Am G C
Once I was seven we packed up our things,
C Am G C
And moved to PA where the setting sun brings,
F C G C
The beauty of life to the valleys and springs,
Am G C C
And the sound of the partridge does ring.
C Am G C
As I grew older my life doubled in size,
C Am G C
The tops of the hills arched their backs towards the skies.
F C G C
‘Cause nature you know, does sink and does rise,
Am G C C
Like the ocean, so old and so wise.
C Am G C
I remember when I played my first show,
C Am G C
The music pulsated with those in the front row.
F C G C
Spring claimed the air as the clouds hung so low,
Am G C C
“In a year, a year or so”.
C Am G C
Sometimes when I lie awake late at night,
C Am G C
I watch the shadows that trickle from the house light.
F C G C
The patterns move slow like those born without sight,
Am G C C
When you sleep your life seems so bright.
C Am G C
Now that I’ve grown up, I’ll soon leave my home,
C Am G C
And pack up the pictures of the ones I did know.
F C G C
I’ll never forget all the places I roamed,
Am G C C
Pennsylvania, the love you have shown.
F C G C
I do not know if God is real or a lie,
Am G C
But oh well, I thank God I’m alive.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| H hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| B Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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