A Lot Like Me Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Capo 5th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

C C F F G G C G C C F F G G C G

Intro

He was a Clong tall stranger from Cway down south where he'd Fleft his life behFind

He had a Dmbig old Gibson and a Gpickup truck and CShenandoah eyGes

And I Cremember him sitting in that Emlocal bar where I Fearned my pay each nFight

DmSinging my songs to eGmpty chairs and Fgoing Ghome half Ctight G

So the Cnights rolled by like Cheadlights shining on a Flonesome strip of tFar

I kept his Dmwords of kindness Gclose to me like a Cpick on my guitGar; And we

CTalked about the singers and the Emsongs we loved and the Fsongs we'd most forgFot

In that Dmrun-down bar they'd Gmake last call and IF'd never Gwant to Cstop

'Cause I was Fliving on nothing but a Gyoung girl's dreams

With my Ccowboy bEmoots and my oFld six-string

Dm Hitching my wagon tGo a star, Cdreaming of Emleaving those Flocal bars

When IC'd get him up at Em/Bclosing time for a Amcouple of sGongs and a chFance to shine

Like the Dmstar that he longed to bGe, he looked a Fhelluva lGot like me

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He'd played a lot of places where the only wages were food and beer for free

No fancy licks, but he had him a gift for the kind of songs he'd sing

But you do what you can to be a satisfied man, just to have your peace of mind

So he gave it all up for a government job where the paychecks come on time

So now he comes to the bar to hear me play guitar and to share a drink or two

And we sit swapping tales of where we've been and what we'd rather do

There's a wealth of danger when you're talking to strangers, and I meet them

all the time

But my heart knew better than my head when I looked into those eyes

'Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams with my cowboy boots

and my old six-string

Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars

When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine

Like the star that he longed to be, he looked a hell of a lot like me

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[harmonica solo]

Well, maybe I'll quit when I got me a kid and a place to call my own

But tonight there ain't nobody there waiting up for me at home

It's a hell of a way to live from day to day not knowing where you're bound

But the look in his eyes made me realize I was glad for the life I'd found

'Cause I was living on nothing but a young girl's dreams with my cowboy boots

and my old six-string

Hitching my wagon to a star, dreaming of leaving those local bars

When I'd get him up at closing time for a couple of songs and a chance to shine

Like the Dmstar that he longed to bGe, he looked a Fhell of a lGot like Amme

Like the Dmstar that he'd always Gbe, he looked a Fhell of a lGot like me

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