#----------------------------------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: [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 Enjoy the following selection. 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 I have a wide variety of popular artist and venues for audio tape trading. Contact me at < [email protected] > and I will e-mail my list to you. Ken Reynolds
