...CARRYING CATHY... by Ben Folds
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*from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)*
*CAPO 4th FRET*
(Original Key: F#)
Intro:
D G, D G
C F, C F
D G, D G
C F, C, Bbmaj7,
D G D
Verse 1:
D D/C
Her window was hung like a painting,
D/B Bbmaj7
She worried it might come to life.
D A
She stared for hours.
D
So obsessed was I,
D/C
And self-absorbed that I,
D/B Bbmaj7
Didn't see that she was,
D A
Cry-ing.
Chorus 1:
Gm C
There was always someone carrying,
Am Dm7
There was always someone carrying,
Gm C D
Always someone's carrying Cathy.
Interlude:
D G, D G
C F, C
D G, D G
C F, C
Verse 2:
D
There were times when,
D/C
I'd find myself saying that;
D/B
"Friends,
Bbmaj7
You don't understand",
D
And she's different,
A
When it's just me and her.
D
And I closed the door,
D/C
And I tried to hang on,
D/B Bbmaj7
And she sank into the dark.
D A
I was over my head.
Chorus 2:
Gm C
There was always someone carrying,
Am Dm7
There was always someone carrying,
Gm C D
Always someone's carrying Cathy.
Interlude:
D G, D G
C F, C
Bridge 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/ben_folds_five/carrying_cathy_crd.html ]
Bbmaj7
We gave you everything,
D
You could have been anything,
Bbmaj7
We gave you everything,
D
You could have done anything.
Bbmaj7
But to i-magine a fall,
Dm6 D Dm6 D
With no one at all to catch you.
Chorus 3:
Am Dm7
There'd always been someone...
Gm C D
Gm
Then one night,
C
She climbed into the picture frame.
Am Dm7
Out in the frozen air,
Gm C
And out,
D G D
Of sight.
Verse 3:
D
Woke up sad from,
D/C
This dream I've been having,
D/B Bbmaj7 D A
The last couple nights or so.
D
With her father and brothers,
D/C
We're all at the funeral,
D/B
Carrying a box,
Bbmaj7
Through the rain.
D
Then somebody says that,
A
It's always been this way.
Chorus 4:
Gm C
There was always someone carrying,
Am Dm7
There was always someone carrying,
Gm C
Always someone's carrying...
Gm C
Always someone's carrying...
D
Cathy.
Outro:
D G, D G,
C F, D
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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D G C F Bbmaj7 D/C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
xx0232 320003 x32010 133211 x13231 x30230
D/B A Gm Am Dm7 Dm6
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x20230 x02220 355333 x02210 xx0211 xx0201
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
