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.]
C G/B Am7 C/G C G/B Am7 C/G
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]
C G/B Am7 C/G C G/B Am7 C/G
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"
C G/B Am7 C/G Fsus9 G
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
Am Em7 Fsus9 C
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
C G/B Am7 C/G Fsus9 G6
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
Am Em7 Fsus9 C
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
C G/B Am7 C/G D7/F# G
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
Am Em7 Fsus9 C
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
Fsus9 Fsus9 G6 G5
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
Fsus9 G C G/B Am7 C/G
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"
C G/B Am7 C/G
E ----3-------3---|------------3---|
B ----------------|----1-----------|
G ------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
D --2-------0-----|--2-------2-----|
A 3-------2-------|0---------------|
E ----------------|--------3-------|
[instrumental]
C G/B Am7 C/G C G/B Am7 C/G
I think back to what I know was the best day of my life
Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 G6 G6 G G
It was wintertime, ten years ago
Am Am Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C C
We were staying in a farmhouse in the middle of Vermont
C G/B Am7 C/G Fsus9 Fsus9 G G
The hills were covered with christmas trees and freshly fallen snow
Am Am Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C C
Instantly I picture the vivid details of that day
C G/B Am7 C/G D7/F# D7/F# G G
When you told me that you loved me more than you could ever say
Am Am Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C C
The air was a bracing cold, the sky a startled blue
C G/B Am7 C/G Fsus9 G C C C C
Never before or since have I felt that close to you
Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 C G/B Am7 C/G
What does that say about you and me and the past ten years
Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 Gsus4 Gsus4 G G
I've learned to live with your silence, you've learned to overlook my tears
Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 Fsus9 C G/B Am7 C/G
Now this dancing three-year-old in her simple, perfect way
D7/F# D7/F# D7/F# D7/F# Gsus4 Gsus4 G G
Has me questioning the basis for the life we live today
C G/B Am7 C/G C G/B Am7 C/G
[instrumental]
C G/B Am7 C/G C G/B Am7 C/G
Katy's prob'ly sleeping now, I wonder if she dreams
C G/B Am7 C/G Fsus9 Fsus9 G G
About flying with the angels and dancing with moonbeams
Am Am Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C C
You are here beside me; you are snoring right out loud
C G/B Am7 C/G D7/F# D7/F# G G
I long to kiss you on the forehead and smooth your worried brow
Am Am Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C C
Though we have not given up, it's been ages since we tried
C G/B Am7 C/G D7/F# D7/F# G G
To reveal the aching passion that for years we've pushed aside
Am Am Em7 Em7 Fsus9 Fsus9 C C
I whisper that I love you because I know you can not hear
C G/B Am7 C/G Fsus9 G C G/B Am7 C/G
I turn off the light, and in the dark, you gently pull me near
C G/B Am7 C/G
[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=3x0003
G6=3x0030; Am=x02210; Em7=022030; D7/F#=2x021x; G5=3x003x; Gsus4=3x0013
- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/