Ray LaMontagne - Carry Me - chords and lyrics

Go grab yourself a guitar - from anywhere, just don't steal it.
Learn how to play the F and the C chords. That's all you need - real easy. Of course you can do it!
Then hit the play button above to sing and play along to this song "Carry Me" by Ray LaMontagne.
You'll be all the better for it.
It's a groovy, mellow song off his self-released album "One Lonesome Saddle" which apparently is no longer available.
Special thanks to Sticky Henry for the tab and chords.

Ray LaMontagne
Carry Me (One Lonesome Saddle)
tab by sticky henry

the whole song is C F he just does a run between every chord change (it's not exactly the same every time)

OLS Outline

E -----------------------------
B -------(1)-(1)----(1)--------
G -------(2)--0h2-0-(0)--------
D --------3--(3)----(2)--------
A --0-3---3--(3)-----3---0-3etc.
E -3-----(1)-(1)-----3--3------

Wallingford 7-14-06 outline

E --------------------------------
B ---------(1)---------(1)--------
G ---------(2)---------(0)--------
D ---------(3)---------(2)--------
A --0-3-(0)(3)----0-3-0-3---0-3etc.
E -3--------1--(3)------3--0------

()-means it's not played everytime, or doesn't have to be, you can if you want to, I don't really care, or don't...I mean, I care, just not if you play that everytime, you know what, just do whatever you want...

Intro - run [F] [C]Oh [F]yeah ahhh[C]


You [F]carry me if I should [C]fail you
You carry [F]me if I was to [C]fall
You give your [F]love just like its [C]for free
You give me [F]all your love like its nothing at[C]all
[F]Its nothing at [C]all[F][C]

[F]I walk alone in the dusty [C]morning
I walk [F]alone when you're by my [C]side
How did you [F]know I was just a[C] boy
How did you [F]know I was just a [C]child [F][C]
I was just a, I[F] was just a child[C]

You carry [F]me if I should [C]stumble
You carry [F]me if I was to [C]fall
How did you [F]know I was just [C]a boy
You give your [F]love like its nothing at [C]all

[F]Oh like its nothing, like its nothing
Like its[C] nothing, like its nothing
[F]yeah like its nothing at [C]all[F][C]

hey[F] hey[C]

You carry[F] me If I should [C]fail you
You carry [F]me if I was to [C]fall
You give your [F]love just like its [C]for free
You give your [F]love like its nothing at [C]all
You [F]carry me you carry[C] me baby

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