Katy says today is the best day of my whole entire life — Christine Lavin
From [email protected] Fri Apr 7 03:07:14 PDT 1995 Article: 15181 of rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic Path: unixg.ubc.ca!news.bc.net!news.mindlink.net!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!not-for-mail From: [email protected] (Adam Schneider) Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Subject: TAB: "Katy Says Today Is the Best Day..." (Christine Lavin) Date: 7 Apr 1995 01:11:49 -0500 Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway Lines: 172 Sender: [email protected] Message-ID: <v01510100abaa95153f18@[134.84.101.95]> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.cs.utexas.edu Xref: unixg.ubc.ca alt.guitar.tab:46033 rec.music.makers.guitar.acoustic:15181 rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature:37518
KATY SAYS TODAY IS THE BEST DAY OF MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE (Christine Lavin)
Actually In A; Capo 2.
[You can see from the tablature that her picking pattern can be fairly random in this song; just ad lib it if you get frustrated. You're on your own after the first verse.] [By the way, the words aren't exactly lined up with the tab; they're just there for guides.]
Intro
Katy says, "today is the best day of my whole entire life"
Katy is three years old
We've been dancing in the living room to her new Tom Paxton record
Katy's got a lot of rhythm when she wiggles for a little kid; she's got soul
That night when her mom and dad come home, I tell them what she said to me
I figure they'll think I'm some kid of babysitting genius to make this little girl so darned happy
But they smile, and they say, "don't take this the wrong way
But Katy said the same thing yesterday
Lately she's been saying that every day"
Instrumental
I think back to what I know was the best day of my life It was wintertime, ten years ago We were staying in a farmhouse in the middle of Vermont The hills were covered with christmas trees and freshly fallen snow Instantly I picture the vivid details of that day When you told me that you loved me more than you could ever say The air was a bracing cold, the sky a startled blue Never before or since have I felt that close to you
What does that say about you and me and the past ten years I've learned to live with your silence, you've learned to overlook my tears Now this dancing three-year-old in her simple, perfect way Has me questioning the basis for the life we live today
Instrumental
Katy's prob'ly sleeping now, I wonder if she dreams About flying with the angels and dancing with moonbeams You are here beside me; you are snoring right out loud I long to kiss you on the forehead and smooth your worried brow Though we have not given up, it's been ages since we tried To reveal the aching passion that for years we've pushed aside I whisper that I love you because I know you can not hear I turn off the light, and in the dark, you gently pull me near
Instrumental
C G/B Am7 C/G C G/B Am7 C/G. Katy says, "today is the best day of my whole entire life"
CHORDS: C=x32013; G/B=x20003; Am7=x02013; C/G=3x2013; Fsus9=13301x; G=3 G6=3x0030; Am=x02210; Em7=022030; D7/F#=2x021x; G5=3x003x; Gsus4=3
Adam Schneider [email protected] Minneapolis, MN If you want guitar chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Indigo Girls, Mary Karlzen, Lucinda Williams, etc., go to my World Wide Web page: http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/cgi-bin/hpp/acs.html