Mr. Tanner

# # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# # #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) # G G/f Em Mister Tanner was a cleaner from a town in the Mid G/d west G G/f Em And of all the cleaning shops around hed made his the D best C Bb Am7 G But he also was a baritone who sang while hanging clothes G/f Em He practiced scales while pressing tails and sang at local D shows Em D His friends and neighbors praised the voice that poured out from his throat Em D They said that he should use his gift in stead of cleaning coats G Bm Am7 But music was his life, it was not his livelihood Em G/d And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so D/c good G/b C G/d D And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul G C G C He did not know how well he sang, it just made him G whole G G/f Em His friends kept working on him to try music out full G/d time G G/f Em D A big debut and rave reviews a great career to climb C Bb Am7 G Finally they got to him he would take the fling G/f Em D A concert agent in New York agreed to have him sing Em D And there were plane tickets, phone calls, money spent to rent the hall Em D It took most of his savings but he gladly used them all G Bm Am7 But music was his life, it was not his livelihood Em G/d And it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so D/c good G/b C G/d D And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul G C G C He did not know how well he sang, it just made him G whole G G/f Em The evening came he took the stage his face set in a G/d smile G G/f Em And in the half filled hall the critics sat watching D on the aisle C Bb Am7 But the concert was a blur to him spatters of applause G G/f Em D He did not know how well he sang, he only heard the flaws Em D But the critics were concise, it only took four lines Em D But no one could accuse them of being overkind G G/f (spoken) Mr Martin Tanner, Baritone, of Dayton Ohio Eb G/d Made his Town Hall debut last night. He came well prepared C But unfortunately his presentation was not up to contemporary Bb Abmaj7 Professional standards. His voice lacks the range of tonal color G Necessary to make it consistently interesting C Bb G Full time consideration of an other endeavor might be in order G/fEm G/dG G/fEm G/d - - - - - - G G/f Em He came back home to Dayton and was questioned by his G friends G G/f Em Then he smiled and just said nothing and he never sang D again C Bb Am Excepting very late at night when the shop was dark and G closed D He sang softly to himself as he sorted through the clothes G Bm Am7 - Music was his life, it was not his livelihood Em G D And it made him feel so happy, it made him feel so good G/b C G D And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul G C And he did not know how well he sang Bb Abmaj7 G It just made him whole I have a wide variety of popular artist and venues for audio tape trading. Contact me at < ltwu46B@prodigy.com > and I will e-mail my list to you. Ken Reynolds