...CARRYING CATHY... by Ben Folds --------------------............. *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 Em7/D D Verse 1:

^D Her window was ^D7hung like a painting, She ^D6worried it might come to ^Bbmaj7life. ^D/A She stared for ^A7hours.

^D So obsessed was I, ^D7/Cand self-absorbed that I, ^Bm7 Didn't see that she ^Bbmaj7was, ^D/A cry-^Aing.

Chorus 1:

There was ^Gm7always someone ^Gm7/Ccarrying, There was ^Fmaj7always someone ^Bbmaj7carrying, ^Gm Always someone's ^Csus4carrying,^C ^DCathy.

Interlude: D G, D G, C F, C (x2) Verse 2:

^D There were times when I'd ^D7/Cfind myself saying that; ^D6 "Friends, you d^Bbmaj7on't understand", And she's ^D/Adifferent, when it's ^A7just me and her.

And I ^Dclosed the door and I ^D7/Ctried to hang on, And she ^Bm7sank into the ^Bbmaj7dark. I was ^D/Aover my head.^A

Chorus 2:

There was ^Gm7always someone ^Gm7/Ccarrying, There was ^Fmaj7always someone ^Bbmaj7carrying, Gm Csus4 C (D) Always someone's carrying, Cathy.

Interlude: D G, D G, C F, C Bridge 1:

We gave you ^Bbmaj7everything; you could have been ^Danything. We gave you ^Bbmaj7everything; you could have done ^Danything.

But to i-^Bbmaj7magine a fall, with no one ^Dm6at ^Dall to ^Dm6catch ^Dyou. Chorus 3:

Gm7 C13 Fmaj7, Bb, Gm7 C13 D There'd always been someone...

^Gm7 Then one night, she climbed ^C13into the picture frame. ^Fmaj7 Out in the frozen ^Bbmaj7air, and ^Gm7out,^C7 of ^Dsight.^G ^D

Verse 3:

^D Woke up sad from this ^D7dream I've been having, The ^D6last couple nights or ^Bbmaj7so. ^D/A ^A7

With her ^Dfather and brothers, we're ^D7/Call at the funeral, ^Bm7 Carrying a box through the ^Bbmaj7rain. Then ^D/Asomebody says that it's ^A7always been this way.

Chorus 4:

^Gm7 Always someone's ^Gm7/Ccarrying, There was ^Fmaj7always someone ^Bbmaj7carrying, Gm Csus4 C (D) Always someone's carrying, Cathy.

Outro: D G, D G, C F, D CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- D G C F Bbmaj7 Em7/D D7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0232 320003 x32010 133211 x13231 xx0000 xx0212 D6 D/A A7 D7/C A Gm Gm7/C EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0202 x00232 x02223 x30212 x02220 355333 x33333 Fmaj7 Csus4 Dm6 Gm7 C13 Bb C7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x03210 x33011 xx0201 353333 xx5355 x13331 x35353 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Ben Folds - Carrying cathy