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Caretaker

Caretaker by Laura Stevenson and the Cans


Verse:
  D                         F#
e|------2----------2------|------2----------2------|
B|----3-----3----3-----2--|----------2----------2--|
G|----2-------2--2--------|----3----------3--------|
D|-0--0---0---0--0----0---|----4-------4--4--------|
A|------------------------|-4--4---4---4--4---4----|
E|------------------------|------------------------|

  G                        E7/D
e|------3----------3------|------0-----------0------|
B|----------3----------3--|----------3-----------3--|
G|----4----------4--------|----4-----------4--------|
D|/5--5-------5--5--------|----6--------6--6--------|
A|/5--5---5---5--5---5----|-5--5---5----5--5---5----|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|


Chorus:
  Bm            Bm/A#         D           Bm/G#
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-----7----7-------7----7--|-----7----7------7----7--|
G|---7------7-----7------7--|---7------7----7------7--|
D|-9------9-----8------8----|-7------7----6------6----|
A|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|

  Gmajor7
e|----------------------|--------------------------|
B|-7---7---7-7---7---7--|-7/8--8---8-8\7--7---7-7--|
G|-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7--|-7----7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7--|
D|-5-----5---5-----5----|-5------5---5----5-5-5-5--|
A|----------------------|--------------------------|
E|----------------------|--------------------------|


Bridge:
D- A- Bm A- G- x2
G- A- (back to verse)


Outro:
Bm- A- G- D- x3
Bm- A- F#- G- x2
Bm- A- (back to verse)


End on E7/D
e|-4-|
B|-0-|
G|-4-|
D|-6-|
A|-5-|
E|---|


Fill (from the chorus going into the Bridge and Outro):
  Gmajor7
e|----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-7---7---7-7---7---7--|-7/8--8---8-8---7---5--|
G|-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7--|-7----7-7-7-7---7---7--|
D|-5-----5---5-----5----|-5------5---5---5---5--|
A|----------------------|-----------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------|


Lyrics:
I wake up, feed your cat
And tell myself that Im okay where Im at. 
And I take great care keeping this roof pitched 
But it's lonely out here, I can't make any music
Understand I can no longer take care. 

This is the last night in the house I was born in 
Could you give me a ride to the train in the morning? 
Ive got a real nice place on a real nice block with a garden outside, 
You should see it sometime
But don't, don't worry about

This is the last night in the house I was born in 
Don't tell me that I have forgotten who I am
I'm gonna write, write, write until it comes out wrong 
And then Ill hang up my hands on the hook when Im done
And I know that you always wanted me to
And I tell myself the things you said you said just because you had to



Pretty straight forward song.
There is a bit of improvising but this is the basic idea.
Also Im never sure what to call the chords in that
descending chromatic progression (chorus) but I did my best.
No capo by the way
I hope this is helpful

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