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From: schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Adam Schneider)
KATY SAYS TODAY IS THE BEST DAY OF MY WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE (Christine Lavin)
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[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.]
E ------3-------3-|------------3---|----3-------3---|----3-------3---|
B ----1-----------|------1---------|----------------|----1-----------|
G --0---------0---|----0---------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
D ----------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|
A 3-------2-------|0---------------|3-------2-------|0---------------|
E ----------------|--------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|
[intro]
E ----3-------3---|------------3---|----3-------3---|------------3---|
B ----------------|----1-----------|----------------|----1-----------|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|
A 3-------2-------|0---------------|3-------2-------|0---------------|
E ----------------|--------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|
Katy says, "today is the best day of my whole entire life"
E ----3-------3---|------------3---|----------------|----------3-----|
B ----------------|----1-----------|----------1-----|------0-----0---|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----0-------0---|----0---------0-|
D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--3-----3-----0-|--0-----0-------|
A 3-------2-------|0---------------|------3---------|----------------|
E ----------------|--------3-------|1---------------|3---------------|
Katy is three years old
E ------------0---|----------0-----|----------------|------3-------3-|
B ------1---------|------------3---|----------1-----|----------1-----|
G ----2---------2-|----0---------0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
D --2-------2-----|--2-----2-------|--3-----3-------|--2-----2-------|
A 0-------0-------|------2---------|------3---------|3---------------|
E ----------------|0---------------|1---------------|----------------|
We've been dancing in the living room to her new Tom Paxton record
E ----3-------3---|------------3---|----------------|--------0-------|
B ----------------|----1-----------|----------1-----|------3---------|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----0-------0---|----0-----------|
D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--3-----3-----0-|--0-------------|
A 3-------2-------|0---------------|------3---------|----------------|
E ----------------|--------3-------|1---------------|3---------------|
Katy's got a lot of rhythm when she wiggles for a little kid; she's got soul
E ------------0---|------------0---|----------------|------3-------3-|
B ------1---------|------3---------|----------1-----|----------1-----|
G ----2---------2-|----0---------0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
D --2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--3-----3-------|--2-----2-------|
A 0-------0-------|----------------|------3---------|3---------------|
E ----------------|0-------0-------|1---------------|----------------|
That night when her mom and dad come home, I tell them what she said to me
E ----3-------3---|----------------|----------------|--------3-------|
B ----------------|----1-------1---|----------1-----|------0---------|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|----2-------2---|----0-----------|
D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|--0---0-------0-|--0-------------|
A 3-------2-------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|--------3-------|2-------2-------|3---------------|
I figure they'll think I'm some kid of babysitting genius
to make this little girl so darned happy
E ----------------|--------0-------|----------------|------3---------|
B ------1-------0-|----3-------3---|----------1---1-|----------1---1-|
G ----2-------2---|------0-------0-|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
D --2-------2-----|--2-------2-----|--3-----3-------|--2-----2-------|
A 0-------0-------|2---------------|------3---------|3---------------|
E ----------------|----------------|1---------------|----------------|
But they smile, and they say, "don't take this the wrong way
E ----------------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|
B ----1-----1-----|----------1-----|----------3-----|----------3-----|
G ------0-----0---|----0-------0---|----0---0-------|----0---0---0---|
D ----------------|--3-----3-------|--0---0-----0---|--0---0-------0-|
A --3-----------3-|------3---------|----------------|----------------|
E 1-------1-------|1---------------|3---------------|3---------------|
But Katy said the same thing yesterday
E ----------------|----------------|----3-------3---|------------3---|
B ------1-----1---|------0---------|----------------|----1-----------|
G ----0-----0---0-|----0---0-------|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
D --3-----3-------|--0-------------|--2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|
A ----------------|----------------|3-------2-------|0---------------|
E 1---------------|3-------3-------|----------------|--------3-------|
Lately she's been saying that every day"
E ----3-------3---|------------3---|
B ----------------|----1-----------|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|
A 3-------2-------|0---------------|
E ----------------|--------3-------|
[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.
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=3x0003
G6=3x0030; Am=x02210; Em7=022030; D7/F#=2x021x; G5=3x003x; Gsus4=3x0013
- Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu