...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] Her window was [D/C]hung like a painting,
She [D/B]worried it might come to [Bbmaj7]life.
[D] She stared for [A]hours.
[D] So obsessed was I, [D/C]and self-absorbed that I,
[D/B] Didn't see that she [Bbmaj7]was, [D] cry-[A]ing.
Chorus 1:
There was [Gm]always someone [C]carrying,
There was [Am]always someone [Dm7]carrying,
[Gm] Always someone's [C]carrying [D]Cathy.
Interlude:
D G, D G, C F, C (x2)
Verse 2:
[D] There were times when I'd [D/C]find myself saying that;
[D/B] "Friends, you don't [Bbmaj7]understand",
And she's [D]different, when it's [A]just me and her.
And I [D]closed the door and I [D/C]tried to hang on,
And she [D/B]sank into the [Bbmaj7]dark. I was [D]over my head.[A]
Chorus 2:
There was [Gm]always someone [C]carrying,
There was [Am]always someone [Dm7]carrying,
[Gm] Always someone's [C]carrying [D]Cathy.
Interlude:
D G, D G, C F, C
Bridge 1:
We gave you [Bbmaj7]everything; you could have been [D]anything.
We gave you [Bbmaj7]everything; you could have done [D]anything.
But to i-[Bbmaj7]magine a fall, with no one [Dm6]at [D]all to [Dm6]catch [D]you.
Chorus 3:
There'd always been [Am]someone...[Dm7]
[Gm] [C] [D]
[Gm] Then one night, she climbed [C]into the picture frame.
[Am] Out in the frozen [Dm7]air, and [Gm]out,[C] of [D]sight.[G][D]
Verse 3:
[D] Woke up sad from this [D/C]dream I've been having,
The [D/B]last couple nights or [Bbmaj7]so.[D][A]
With her [D]father and brothers, we're [D/C]all at the funeral,
[D/B] Carrying a box through the [Bbmaj7]rain.
Then [D]somebody says that it's [A]always been this way.
Chorus 4:
There was [Gm]always someone [C]carrying,
There was [Am]always someone [Dm7]carrying,
[Gm] Always someone's [C]carrying...
[Gm] Always someone's [C]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]xx0232 [EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]133211 [EADGBE]x13231 [EADGBE]x30230
[D/B] [A] [Gm] [Am] [Dm7] [Dm6]
[EADGBE]x20230 [EADGBE]x02220 [EADGBE]355333 [EADGBE]x02210 [EADGBE]xx0211 [EADGBE]xx0201
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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] Her window was [D/C]hung like a painting,
She [D/B]worried it might come to [Bbmaj7]life.
[D] She stared for [A]hours.
[D] So obsessed was I, [D/C]and self-absorbed that I,
[D/B] Didn't see that she [Bbmaj7]was, [D] cry-[A]ing.
Chorus 1:
There was [Gm]always someone [C]carrying,
There was [Am]always someone [Dm7]carrying,
[Gm] Always someone's [C]carrying [D]Cathy.
Interlude:
D G, D G, C F, C (x2)
Verse 2:
[D] There were times when I'd [D/C]find myself saying that;
[D/B] "Friends, you don't [Bbmaj7]understand",
And she's [D]different, when it's [A]just me and her.
And I [D]closed the door and I [D/C]tried to hang on,
And she [D/B]sank into the [Bbmaj7]dark. I was [D]over my head.[A]
Chorus 2:
There was [Gm]always someone [C]carrying,
There was [Am]always someone [Dm7]carrying,
[Gm] Always someone's [C]carrying [D]Cathy.
Interlude:
D G, D G, C F, C
Bridge 1:
We gave you [Bbmaj7]everything; you could have been [D]anything.
We gave you [Bbmaj7]everything; you could have done [D]anything.
But to i-[Bbmaj7]magine a fall, with no one [Dm6]at [D]all to [Dm6]catch [D]you.
Chorus 3:
There'd always been [Am]someone...[Dm7]
[Gm] [C] [D]
[Gm] Then one night, she climbed [C]into the picture frame.
[Am] Out in the frozen [Dm7]air, and [Gm]out,[C] of [D]sight.[G][D]
Verse 3:
[D] Woke up sad from this [D/C]dream I've been having,
The [D/B]last couple nights or [Bbmaj7]so.[D][A]
With her [D]father and brothers, we're [D/C]all at the funeral,
[D/B] Carrying a box through the [Bbmaj7]rain.
Then [D]somebody says that it's [A]always been this way.
Chorus 4:
There was [Gm]always someone [C]carrying,
There was [Am]always someone [Dm7]carrying,
[Gm] Always someone's [C]carrying...
[Gm] Always someone's [C]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]xx0232 [EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]133211 [EADGBE]x13231 [EADGBE]x30230
[D/B] [A] [Gm] [Am] [Dm7] [Dm6]
[EADGBE]x20230 [EADGBE]x02220 [EADGBE]355333 [EADGBE]x02210 [EADGBE]xx0211 [EADGBE]xx0201
