Ben Folds – Carrying Cathy (Ukulele)

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--------------------............. *from 'Rockin' The Suburbs' (2001)* (Original Key: F#) Intro: D G, D G, C F, C F D G, D G, C F, C, Bbmaj7, D Em7/D D Verse 1:

D               D7
 Her window was hung like a painting,

    D6                       Bbmaj7
She worried it might come to life.

D/A             A7
 She stared for hours.

D                   D7/C
 So obsessed was I, and self-absorbed that I,

Bm7                  Bbmaj7 D/A  A
 Didn't see that she was,    cry-ing.

Chorus 1:

          Gm7            Gm7/C
There was always someone carrying,

          Fmaj7          Bbmaj7
There was always someone carrying,

Gm                Csus4    C D
 Always someone's carrying,  Cathy.

Interlude: D G, D G, C F, C (x2) Verse 2:

D                          D7/C
 There were times when I'd find myself saying that;

D6                   Bbmaj7
 "Friends, you don't understand",

          D/A                  A7
And she's different, when it's just me and her.

      D                     D7/C
And I closed the door and I tried to hang on,

        Bm7           Bbmaj7      D/A          A
And she sank into the dark. I was over my head.

Chorus 2:

          Gm7            Gm7/C
There was always someone carrying,

          Fmaj7          Bbmaj7
There was always someone carrying,

Gm                Csus4    C (D)
 Always someone's carrying,   Cathy.

Interlude: D G, D G, C F, C Bridge 1:

            Bbmaj7                          D
We gave you everything; you could have been anything.

            Bbmaj7                          D
We gave you everything; you could have done anything.

         Bbmaj7                     Dm6 D      Dm6   D
But to i-magine a fall, with no one at  all to catch you.

Chorus 3:

                    Gm7      C13  Fmaj7, Bb, Gm7  C13  D
There'd always been someone...

Gm7                          C13
 Then one night, she climbed into the picture frame.

Fmaj7              Bbmaj7   Gm7 C7  D     G  D
 Out in the frozen air, and out, of sight.

Verse 3:

D                      D7
 Woke up sad from this dream I've been having,

    D6                    Bbmaj7  D/A  A7
The last couple nights or so.

         D                          D7/C
With her father and brothers, we're all at the funeral,

Bm7                         Bbmaj7
 Carrying a box through the rain.

     D/A                     A7
Then somebody says that it's always been this way.

Chorus 4:

Gm7               Gm7/C
 Always someone's carrying,

          Fmaj7          Bbmaj7
There was always someone carrying,

Gm                Csus4    C (D)
 Always someone's carrying,   Cathy.

Outro: D G, D G, C F, D CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- D G C F Bbmaj7 Em7/D D7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0232 320003 x32010 133211 x13231 xx0000 xx0212 D6 D/A A7 D7/C A Gm Gm7/C EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0202 x00232 x02223 x30212 x02220 355333 x33333 Fmaj7 Csus4 Dm6 Gm7 C13 Bb C7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x03210 x33011 xx0201 353333 xx5355 x13331 x35353 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])