{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":64426,"song":"John Doe No 2","artist":"Mary Chapin Carpenter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542972-john-doe-no-2-chords-by-mary-chapin-carpenter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64426?type=chord","rating":0.01284,"votes":0,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n\r\n---------------------------------------\r\nThis song is in the key of E, but Mary Chapin plays it in G with a\r\ncapo at the 9th fret, in open D tuning (DADF#AD).  But the highest\r\nsinging.  (Note that the \"131\" in the tab is a hammer-on followed by a\r\npull-off, and the \"13\" is a hammer-on from 1 to 3, not thirteen!)\r\n\r\n[tab]D  ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|\r\nA  ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------|\r\nF# 1-------1-----1-|------1-131---0-|1-------1-----1-|------1-13----0-|\r\nD  ----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|\r\nA  --2-------3-----|--3-------------|--2-------3-----|--3-------0-----|\r\nD  0-------2-------|0-------0-------|0-------2-------|0-------0-------|\r\n   ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .[/tab]\r\nMCC doesn't use her thumb to fret the low E (she uses her middle finger),\r\nput chord names; that's because they don't really matter.  I guess you\r\ncould say the chords are: [ch]G(9)[/ch], C(9)/E, [ch]Gsus4[/ch]/[ch]D[/ch], [ch]D[/ch](4).\r\n\r\n\r\nI was standing on the sidewalk in 1945\r\nIn Jacksonville, Illinois\r\nWhen asked what my name was there came no reply\r\nThey said I was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy\r\nBut Louis was my name, though I could not say it\r\nI was born and raised in New Orleans\r\nMy spirit was wild, so I let the river take it\r\nOn a barge and a prayer upstream\r\n\r\nWell they searched for a mother and they searched for a father\r\nAnd they searched till they searched no more\r\nThe doctors put to rest their scientific tests\r\nAnd they named me \"John Doe No. 24\"\r\nAnd they all shook their heads in pity\r\nFor a world so silent and dark\r\nWell there's no doubt that life's a mystery\r\nBut so too is the human heart\r\n\r\nAnd it was my heart's own perfume when the crepe jasmine bloomed\r\nOn St. Charles Avenue\r\nThough I couldn't hear the bells of the streetcars coming\r\nBy toeing the track I knew\r\nAnd if I were an old man returning\r\nWith my satchel and porkpie hat\r\nI'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon\r\nAnd I'd hit everyone on Basin after that\r\n\r\n\r\nThe years kept passing as they passed me around\r\nFrom one state ward to another\r\nLike I was an orphan shoe from the lost and found\r\nAlways missing the other\r\nAnd they gave me a harp last Christmas\r\nAnd all the nurses took a dance\r\nBut lately I've been growing listless\r\nI've been dreaming again of the past\r\n\r\nI'm wandering down to the banks of the great Big Muddy\r\nWhere the shotgun houses stand\r\nI am seven years old and I feel my dad\r\nReach out for my hand\r\nWhile I drew breath no one missed me\r\nSo they won't on the day that I cease\r\nPut a sprig of crepe jasmine with me\r\nTo remind me of New Orleans\r\n\r\nI was standing on the sidewalk in 1945\r\nIn Jacksonville, Illinois\r\n[pause on A note (open 2nd string)]\r","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n\n---------------------------------------\nThis song is in the key of E, but Mary Chapin plays it in G with a\ncapo at the 9th fret, in open D tuning (DADF#AD).  But the highest\nsinging.  (Note that the \"131\" in the tab is a hammer-on followed by a\npull-off, and the \"13\" is a hammer-on from 1 to 3, not thirteen!)\n\n\nMCC doesn't use her thumb to fret the low E (she uses her middle finger),\nput chord names; that's because they don't really matter.  I guess you\ncould say the chords are: G(9), C(9)/E, Gsus4/D, D(4).\n\n\nI was standing on the sidewalk in 1945\nIn Jacksonville, Illinois\nWhen asked what my name was there came no reply\nThey said I was a deaf and sightless half-wit boy\nBut Louis was my name, though I could not say it\nI was born and raised in New Orleans\nMy spirit was wild, so I let the river take it\nOn a barge and a prayer upstream\n\nWell they searched for a mother and they searched for a father\nAnd they searched till they searched no more\nThe doctors put to rest their scientific tests\nAnd they named me \"John Doe No. 24\"\nAnd they all shook their heads in pity\nFor a world so silent and dark\nWell there's no doubt that life's a mystery\nBut so too is the human heart\n\nAnd it was my heart's own perfume when the crepe jasmine bloomed\nOn St. Charles Avenue\nThough I couldn't hear the bells of the streetcars coming\nBy toeing the track I knew\nAnd if I were an old man returning\nWith my satchel and porkpie hat\nI'd hit every jazz joint on Bourbon\nAnd I'd hit everyone on Basin after that\n\n\nThe years kept passing as they passed me around\nFrom one state ward to another\nLike I was an orphan shoe from the lost and found\nAlways missing the other\nAnd they gave me a harp last Christmas\nAnd all the nurses took a dance\nBut lately I've been growing listless\nI've been dreaming again of the past\n\nI'm wandering down to the banks of the great Big Muddy\nWhere the shotgun houses stand\nI am seven years old and I feel my dad\nReach out for my hand\nWhile I drew breath no one missed me\nSo they won't on the day that I cease\nPut a sprig of crepe jasmine with me\nTo remind me of New Orleans\n\nI was standing on the sidewalk in 1945\nIn Jacksonville, Illinois\n[pause on A note (open 2nd string)]","chords":["E","G","D","A","F","G(9)","C","Gsus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]}}}