Patty Griffin - Tony

tab by matt morrow , pattynet . net

ggdgbd
capo ii

( transcribed from an acoustic performance at calvin college on 4 – 14 – 00 )

G : 000000
D/G : 004030
C/G : 002010
Em : 999900
D : 777700
C : 555500

verse pattern :

D/G C/G G
– – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – |
– – 3 – 3 – 3 – 3 – – 1 – 1 – 1 – 1 – – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – |
– – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – |
– – 4 – 4 – 4 – 4 – – 2 – 2 – 2 – 2 – – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – |
– – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 5 – 5 – 5 – 4 – – |
– – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – – 0 – 0 – 0 – 0 – – 5 – 5 – 5 – 4 – – |
anyone remember tony . . . . . . . . etc .

D/G C/G G
does anyone remember tony?

D/G C/G G
he was a quiet boy , a little overweight , he had breasts like a girl

D/G C/G G
when i wasn’t too busy feeling lonely

D/G C/G G D/G C/G G
i’d stare over his shoulder at a map of the world

D/G C/G G
he always finished all his homework

D/G C/G G
raised his hand in homeroom

D/G C/G G
for the morning attendance

D/G C/G G
and to pledge allegiance to the gloom

Em D C G
hey tony , what’s so good about dying

Em D C G
i think i might do a little dying today

Em D C G
looked in the mirror saw that little faggot staring back at him

Em D C G
pulled out a gun and blew himself away

i hated every day of high school
funny , i guess you did too
funny how i never knew
there i was sitting right behind you
they wrote it in the local rag
death comes to the local fag
i guess you finally stopped believing that any hope would ever find you
i knew that story , i was sitting right behind you

hey tony , what’s so good about dying?
i think i might do a little dying today
he looked in the mirror , saw that little faggot staring back at him
pulled out a gun , and blew himself away