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Keller Williams
(of String Cheese Incident)
www.scifidelity.com
"Old Lady from Carlsbad"
from the album "Laugh" (2002)
Transcribed by Adam Lawrence (AdamL84@nycap.rr.com)
Please email me if you have any suggestions/comments/corrections.
Keep in mind that I am a sax player by trade, guitar is not my strong suit!
This is a pretty straight-forward folk song using only the
I, IV and V chords, key of F major. Emphasis is on the off-beats
throughout the song.
---- = 1 beat
tempo = 120
Intro:
|--1---1---1-----|--1---1---------|
|--1---1---1-----|--1---144-------|
|----------------|----------312---|
|----------------|-------------32-|
|-------------05-|----------------|
|1-----------3---|1---------------|
Verse:
Met an old lady from Carlsbad who got bit on the ankle by a spider
F Bb C
Swelled on up to about the size of her knee
F C
Carryin' clothes in a plastic bag and breathin' kinda heavy
F Bb
Havin' a hard day it was plain to see
F C F
Transition (just after previous "F" chord)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------0-3-------|
|---1-3----------|
|1-3-------------|
She said "Somebody stole my shopping cart, it sittin' outside the door.
Bb F
I don't understand who could be so cruel!"
F C
She said "Karma is a serious thing and a force to be reckoned with, and,
Bb F Bb
Well, the whippersnapper that took it is a fool!"
F C F
Transition (just after previous "F" chord)
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|------0-3-------|
|---1-3----------|
|1-3-------------|
And now I'm walkin' with an old lady down to the corner bus stop
C F
Talkin' 'bout Jesus and how her heart he won
Bb F C
Talkin' with an old lady down at the corner bus stop
Bb F Bb
She said "'Spect you a miracle for the deed you done!"
F C F
End (just after previous "F" chord)
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|------0-3-------|
|---1-3----------|
|1-3-------------|
That's it! Enjoy!
-And remember, "Karma is a serious thing and a force to be reckoned with!"
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