From: LTWU46B@prodigy.com (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

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

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Harry Chapin - Mr tanner