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From: mfifer@merle.acns.nwu.edu (Matthew R. Fifer)
Here's my latest Lightfoot tab offering: I'm Not Supposed To Care. I
would appreciate any comments or corrections being emailed or posted, and
questions can be mailed straight to me. I've checked it out fairly well,
but it seems I usually miss something tiny. :-(
Also, this appears to have come out a bit wider that 80 columns, so if you
have the luxury of using a *really* small font, please do so, especially
to print.
Sorry this is so long. It just seemed it had to be that way. I tried to
make it as short as possible without (hopefully) making it confusing.
Enjoy!!!
-- Matthew
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I'm Not Supposed To Care, by Gordon Lightfoot, from the album Summertime Dream
(c) 1976 Moose Music
Song Notes:
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This song is played using a capo on the third fret. The chords are based on the
apparent key of A. This is a bit of a difficult song to tab by hand, so I
expect it won't be a snap to read immediately. I recommend printing it
out and making yourself familiar with the chord structures and then
working your way through the song. It is quite a pretty song , so take
your time and work the whole thing out!!!
THE CHORDS:
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A A/G# A/F# D E7sus4
=========== =========== =========== =========== ===========
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | 1 1 1 | | | 1 1 1 | T | 1 1 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
E7 A+ A6 A/G E(hi)
=========== =========== =========== =========== ===========
| | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| 2 | | | | | | 1 1 1 | | | 1 1 1 | | | 1 1 1 | | | 2 | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | 4 |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
E/D E/C# E/B
=========== =========== =========== =========== ===========
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | 3 | | | 1 | 3 | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | 4 | | | | | 4 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
INTRO
A A/G# bass A/F# bass A D
-----------------------------------------------------2---2-------2----
-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------3---3-------3----
---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--
---------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---0-----------0--------
-0--------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------4-----------2-----------0--------------------------------
-2--------------------------------------------------------------------
-3---------0-----------0----------------------------------------------
---2-----2---2-------1---1---1----------------------------------------
-------0-------0---0-------0------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----0-----------0----------------------------------------------------
SHORT VERSE PATTERN 1:
A A+ A6
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------------
-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2------------
---2-------2---2-------2---3-------3---3-------3---4-------4----------
-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
A/G A7 G/B D
-----------------------------------------2---2-------2---2------------
-------2-----------2-----2---3---5-------3---3-------3---3------------
-----2---2-------2---2-----0---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2----------
---4-------4---5-------5-------------0-----------0--------------------
-0-----------0-----------0---2---4------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
E7sus4 E7
-----2---2-------2---2------------------------------------------------
-----3---3-------3---3---------0-----------0-----------0--------------
---2---2---2---2---2---2-----2---2-------2---2-------1---1------------
-0-----------0-------------0-------0---0-------0---0-------0----------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------0-----------0-----------0--------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------0--------------------------------------------------------------
-----1---1------------------------------------------------------------
---0-------0----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-0--------------------------------------------------------------------
LONG VERSE PATTERN 2:
A A/G# A/F# A D
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----------3----------------
---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----------
---------2-----------2-----------2-----------2---0-------0------------
-0--------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------4-----------2-----------0--------------------------------
D/C# D/B D/A E(hi) E/D
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----3-----------3-----------3-----------5-----------5----------------
---2---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0---4---4---2---4---4---4----------
---------0-----------0-----------0---2-------2---0-------0------------
-4-----------2-----------0--------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
E/C# E/B A A/G# A/F#
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----5-----------5-----------2-----------2-----------2----------------
---4---4---4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2----------
---------0-----------0-----------2-----------2-----------2------------
-4-----------2-----------0--------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------4-----------2--------------------
A/E D E7sus4 E7
-----------------2---2-------2---2------------------------------------
-----2-----------3---3-------3---3---------0-----------0--------------
---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-----2---2-------1---1------------
---------2---0-----------0-------------0-------0---0-------0----------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-0-----------------------------------0-----------0--------------------
A A/G D/F# D/F A
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------2-----------2-----------3-----------3---------2----------------
-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-----2---2---2----------
---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------0---------2------------
-0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------
-------------3-----------2-----------1--------------------------------
D/A E A
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----2-----------3-----------0-----------2-----------2----------------
---2---2---2---2---2---2---1---1---1---2---2---2---2---2---2----------
---------2-----------4-----------2-----------2-----------2------------
-0-----------0-----------------------0-----------0--------------------
-------------------------0--------------------------------------------
LAST VERSE PATTERN 3
D E7sus4 E7
-----2-----------2----------------------------------------------------
-------3---3-------3---2-------0-----------0--------------------------
---2-----2-----2-----2-------2---2-------1---1------------------------
-0-----------0-------------0-------0---0-------0----------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------0-----------0--------------------------------
A A/G D/F# D/F A
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------2-----------2-----------3-----------3---------2----------------
-----2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-----2---2---2----------
---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0---0-------0---------2------------
-0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------
-------------3-----------2-----------1--------------------------------
D/A E A A/G#
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----2-----------3-----------0-----------2-----------2----------------
---2---2---2---2---2---2---1---1---1---2---2---2---2---2---2----------
---------2-----------4-----------2-----------2-----------2------------
-0-----------0-----------------------0--------------------------------
-------------------------0-----------------------4--------------------
D/F# D/F A
----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----3-----------3---------2-----------2------------------------------
---2---2---2---2---2-----2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------
---------0-----------0---------2-----------2--------------------------
-----------------------0-----------0----------------------------------
-2-----------1--------------------------------------------------------
D/A E A
--------------------------------------5-4-----------------------------
-----3-----------0------------------------5---------------------------
---2---2---2---1---1---1------------2-------2-------------------------
---------4-----------2------------2-----------------------------------
-0------------------------------0-------------------------------------
-------------0--------------------------------------------------------
Lyrics / Chord Sections
=======================
(Short Verse Pattern 1)
A A+ A6 A/G
I think you have somebody waiting outside in the rain to take you away
D E7sus4
You got places to go, you got people to see still I'm gonna miss you
E7
but anyway...
(Long Verse Pattern 2)
A A/G# A/F# A/E D D/C# D/B D/A
I wish you good spaces in the far away places you go
E E/D E/C# E/B A A/G# A/F# A/E
If it rains or it snows may you be safe and warm and never grow old
D E7sus4 E7 A A/G D/F# D/F
And if you need someone who loves you, you know I will always be there
A D/A E A E7sus4 E7
I'll do it although I'm not supposed to care
(Long Verse Pattern 2)
A A/G# A/F# A/E D D/C# D/B D/A
I'll give you the keys to my flying machine if you'd like
E E/D E/C# E/B A A/G# A/F# A/E
I will show you the light and when you call I'm gonna come to you
D E7sus4 E7 A A/G
D/F# D/F
And when you find someone who loves you, I'll know you would treat me the same
A D/A E A
Just lie there, you're not supposed to care
(Short Verse Pattern 1)
A A+ A6 A/G
I think you have somebody waiting outside in the rain to take you away.
D E7sus4
That's some kind of a game still I'm glad it came down to the final round
E7
but anyway...
(Last Verse Pattern 3)
D E7sus4 E7 A A/G D/F# D/F
If you think you need someone who needs you, you know I will always be there
A D/A E A A/G# D/F# D/F
I'll do it although I'm not supposed to care
A D/A E A
I'll do it although I'm not supposed to care
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--
Matthew Fifer
mfifer@merle.acns.nwu.edu
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