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10000 Miles by Mary Chapin Carpenter
10000 Miles
Intro: D G
A G
Fare thee well
My own true love
C G
Farewell for a while
I''m going away
C G
But I''ll be back
C G
Though I go 10,000 miles
G
10,000 miles
My own true love
10,000 miles or more
The rocks may melt
Em
And the seas may burn
C G
If I should not return
Oh don''t you see
That lonesome dove
Sitting on an ivy tree
Em
She''s weeping for
G
Her own true love
Em
As I shall weep for mine
Instrumental solo:
C Em D C G
C
Oh come ye back
C G C G
My own true love
Am G C
And stay a while with me
G C
If I had a friend
G C
All on this earth
G
You''ve been a friend to me
Instrumental solo:
D C G D
C D
C D
Em G
Em G
B Em
C G
G F A#
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version 2
G
Fare thee well,
C G
My own true love.
Farewell for a while,
Em D
I''m going away.
C G
But I''ll be back,
Em C
Though I go ten thousand miles.
The rest of the song is the same:
10,000 miles
My own true love
10,000 miles or more
The rocks may melt
And the seas may burn
If I should not return
Oh don''t you see
That lonesome dove
Sitting on an ivy tree
She''s weeping for
Her own true love
As I shall weep for mine
Oh come ye back
My own true love
And stay a while with me
If I had a friend
All on this earth
You''ve been a friend to me
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version 3
Capo 2 for guitar requires different chords
For Piano
For this version, no guitar capo
A
Fare thee well,
F#m D
My own true love.
A
Farewell for a while,
C#m
I''m going away.
F#m D
But I''ll be back,
E D
Though I go ten thousand miles.
A
10,000 miles
F#m D
My own true love
A
10,000 miles or more
C#m
The rocks may melt
F#m D
And the seas may burn
E F#m D
If I should not return
A
Oh don''t you see
F#m D
That lonesome dove
A
Sitting on an ivy tree
C#m
She''s weeping for
F#m D
Her own true love
E F#m D
As I shall weep for mine
A
Oh come ye back
F#m D
My own true love
A
And stay a while with me
C#m
If I had a friend
F#m D
All on this earth
E D
You''ve been a friend to me
A
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version 4
Tuning: Standard
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------0~---------------------------|
G|----------------------2~-----------------------------------------------------|
D|----2~------------------------------------------2~---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------0---------------------------------------0------------------------|
G|------------2--1h2---------1h2----------------2---------1---------2-------------------2--------1------|
D|------------------------------------------2-------2----------2----------2--------2--------2-----------|
A|---0-0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------0-------------------------------------------0------------|
G|---------2-----------------2-----------1----------------------2-------2--------|
D|---2-----------2-----------------2-----------2---------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------0---------------------------------------0------------------------|
G|------------2--1h2---------1h2----------------2---------1---------2-------------------2--------1------|
D|------------------------------------------2-------2----------2----------2--------2--------2-----------|
A|---0-0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------0-----------2--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------2----------------------------------2-------------1-------------------------------|
D|----2-----------2----------2-----------2------------2-------------2----------4-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------4p2---------1h2--------4-----2----1---------------------|
D|----4----4----2----4--------------------------------------------------4-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------4p2---------1h2--------4------2----1--------2h4------2------|
D|----4----4----2-----4-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat.
If you''re up for more of a challenge, you can try these base notes instead. More accurate, but a bit tricky:
e|----------------------0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------0---------------------------------------0------------------------|
G|------------2--1h2---------1h2----------------2---------1---------2-------------------2--------1------|
D|------------------------------------------2-------2----------2----------2--------0--------0-----------|
A|---0-0------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------0----------------------------------------------0------------|
G|---------2--------------------2-----------1----------------------2-------2--------|
D|---0-----------0------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------0---------0-----------0---------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fare thee well
My own true love
Farewell for a while
I''m going away
But I''ll be back
Though I go 10,000 miles
10,000 miles
My own true love
10,000 miles or more
The rocks may melt
And the seas may burn
If I should not return
Oh don''t you see
That lonesome dove
Sitting on an ivy tree
She''s weeping for
Her own true love
As I shall weep for mine
Oh come ye back
My own true love
And stay a while with me
If I had a friend
All on this earth
You''ve been a friend to me
| / slide up
| \\ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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