Pennsylvania

	  		


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hords used: C, G, Am, F 

     C     G     Am    F 
e|---0-----1-----0-----1-| 
B|---1-----0-----1-----1-| 
G|---0-----0-----2-----2-| 
D|---2-----0-----2-----3-| 
A|---3-----2-----0-----3-| 
E|---------3-------------| 

The following picking pattern can be played as an intro or throughout the entire song.  
It sounds good either way.     

    C      Am     G      C 
e|--0------0------1------1------| Play 2x 
B|--1------1------0------0------| 
G|------------------------------| 
D|----0-2----0-2-----------0-2--| 
A|--3------0--------0-2--3------| 
E|----------------3-------------| 

    F      C      G      C      Am     G      C      C 
e|--1------0------1------1------0------1------0------0----| 
B|--1------1------0------0------1------0------1------1----| 
G|------2-------------------------------------------------| 
D|----3------0-2-----------0-2----0-2-----------0-2----0-2| 
A|--3------3--------0-2--3------0--------0-2--3------3----| 
E|----------------3--------------------3------------------| 




C          Am        G                 C 
When I was born they said I could have died. 
   C          Am          G           C 
My father did weep and my mother, she cried. 
F           C          G         C 
Although my lungs were withered inside, 
Am          G       C       C 
A two pound boy was alive. 


C           Am    G           C 
Many months later I was taken home, 
     C           Am           G          C 
To a nice little house where I mended my bones. 
        F          C             G             C 
I would sit in the tree that once bordered the road, 
         Am        G            C       C 
Watch the world as it turned so slow. 


C         Am        G             C 
Once I was seven we packed up our things, 
    C         Am          G          C 
And moved to PA where the setting sun brings, 
   F          C           G           C 
The beauty of life to the valleys and springs, 
        Am           G              C     C 
And the sound of the partridge does ring. 


C         Am            G         C 
As I grew older my life doubled in size, 
    C          Am                  G                C 
The tops of the hills arched their backs towards the skies. 
       F          C          G             C 
‘Cause nature you know, does sink and does rise, 
        Am         G          C       C 
Like the ocean, so old and so wise. 


C  Am             G               C 
I remember when I played my first show, 
    C        Am               G            C 
The music pulsated with those in the front row. 
F                  C          G              C 
Spring claimed the air as the clouds hung so low, 
      Am      G       C      C 
“In a year, a year or so”. 


C              Am    G             C 
Sometimes when I lie awake late at night, 
  C         Am                   G              C 
I watch the shadows that trickle from the house light. 
    F              C              G            C 
The patterns move slow like those born without sight, 
         Am         G            C       C 
When you sleep your life seems so bright. 


C            Am              G             C 
Now that I’ve grown up, I’ll soon leave my home, 
    C          Am               G          C 
And pack up the pictures of the ones I did know. 
    F         C          G         C 
I’ll never forget all the places I roamed, 
      Am          G             C       C 
Pennsylvania, the love you have shown. 


F        C              G         C 
I do not know if God is real or a lie, 
Am                  G        C 
But oh well, I thank God I’m alive. 


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| /   slide up 
| \   slide down 
| H   hammer-on 
| p   pull-off 
| ~   vibrato 
| +   harmonic 
| x   Mute note 
| B   Bend 
| pb  Pre-bend 
| br  Bend release 
| pbr Pre-bend release 
| brb Bend release bend 

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