Harry Chapin - Mr tanner

Mr ^GTanner was a ^G/Fcleaner from a ^Emtown in the Mid ^G/Dwest And of ^Gall the cleaning ^G/Fshops around ^Emhe'd made his the^D best But he ^Calso was a ^Bbbaritone who ^Am7sang while hanging ^Gclothes He ^Gpracticed scales while ^G/Fpressing tails and ^Emsang at local ^Dshows His ^Emfriends and neighbors praised the voice that ^Dpoured out from his throat They ^Emsaid that he should use his gift in-^Dstead of cleaning coats

^G But ^Bmmusic was his life, it was ^Am7not his livelihood And it ^Emmade him feel so happy and it ^G/Dmade him feel so ^D/Cgood And he ^G/Bsang from his heart ^Cand he ^G/Dsang from his ^Dsoul He ^Gdid not know how ^Cwell he sang, ^Git just ^Cmade him ^Gwhole

His ^Gfriends kept working ^G/Fon him to try ^Emmusic out full ^G/Dtime A ^Gbig debut and ^G/Frave reviews a ^Emgreat career to ^Dclimb ^CFinally they ^Bbgot to him ^Am7he would take the fli^Gng A ^Gconcert agent ^G/Fin New York ^Emagreed to have him ^Dsing And there were ^Emplane tickets, phone calls, ^Dmoney spent to rent the hall It ^Emtook most of his savings but he ^Dgladly used them all

^G But ^Bmmusic was his life, it was ^Am7not his livelihood And it ^Emmade him feel so happy and it ^G/Dmade him feel so ^D/Cgood And he ^G/Bsang from his heart ^Cand he ^G/Dsang from his ^Dsoul He ^Gdid not know how ^Cwell he sang, ^Git just ^Cmade him ^Gwhole

The ^Gevening came he ^G/Ftook the stage his ^Emface set in a ^G/Dsmile And in the ^Ghalf filled hall the ^G/Fcritics sat ^Emwatching on the ^Daisle But the ^Cconcert was a ^Bbblur to him ^Am7spatters of applause ^G He did not know how ^G/Fwell he sang, he ^Emonly heard the ^Dflaws But the ^Emcritics were concise, it ^Donly took four lines But ^Emno one could accuse them of ^Dbeing overkind

^GMr Martin Tanner, Baritone, of ^G/FDayton Ohio Made his Town Hall ^Ebdebut last night. He came well ^G/Dprepared But unfortunately his presentation ^Cwas not up to contemporary Professional ^Bbstandards. His voice lacks the ^Abmaj7range of tonal color Necessary to make it consistently ^Ginteresting C Bb G G/F Em G/D 2x Full time consideration of an other endeavor might be in order

^GHe came back home to ^G/FDayton and was ^Emquestioned by his friends ^G Then he ^Gsmiled and just said ^G/Fnothing and he ^Emnever sang ^Dagain ^CExcepting very late ^Bbat night when the ^Amshop was dark and ^Gclosed He sang softly to himself as he sorted through the ^Dclothes

^{G Bm}Music was his life, it was not ^Am7his livelihood And it ^Emmade him feel so happy, it ^Gmade him feel so ^Dgood And he ^G/Bsang from his ^Cheart and he ^Gsang from his ^Dsoul And he ^Gdid not know how ^Cwell he sang ^BbIt just ^Abmaj7made him ^Gwhole