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+-Tabbed by Willneu97-+

This was pretty tough to tab, and it is very far from perfect. I'm pretty much just guessing on what's going on near the end of the chorus.

G:    320033
Gdim: 3230xx
C:    x32010
C*:   x32310
Cadd9:x32033
F#m:  244222
Gm:   355333
Am:   577555


Intro: G Gdim C C* (x2)


     G                         Gdim
Been living hand-to-mouth for a year or better
        C                    C*
When the mailman comes and he brings me your letter
     G                         Gdim
And I recognize the handwriting even now
      C                   C*
But I go ahead and open it anyhow, yeah
   G                        Gdim
No one's been buying from my roadside stand and I 
C                      C*
Hold your letter like a cross in my hand

G                             D Cadd9
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
G                             D Cadd9
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
G                             Am F#m
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
       G Gdim C C* (x2)
In you

       G                   
I went out into the kitchen
Gdim                              C
Where the light comes through the four-paneled window
C*
Clear and bright 
        G                          Gdim
And it's taken me several years to realize
          C                     C*
How much I like the way that you dot your i's
      G                    F#m
Well I was born in Indiana thirty years ago
        Gm                Am
I got a mean, mean hunger down below

G                                 D Cadd9
And I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
G                             D Cadd9
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
G                                 Am F#m
I'm gonna wrap up all my troubles
       G Gdim C C*
In you

Saw this requested on the forums and didn't bother to check if it'd already been done. But, since I went to the trouble, here's my take on it. This is based on the PIX Fest live version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXIVqlpDO7A

I think Will's G-Gdim might be correct over my G(III)-G7, but my pre-chorus is an improvement, so pick and choose what works.

Standard tuning. No capo.

G(III):355433
G7    :353433
C     :-32010
C7    :-32310
B     :-24442
C(III):-35553
D(V)  :-57775
G     :320033
Dsus4 :--0233
Cadd9 :-32033

Intro:

G(III) G7 C C7

	 G(III)			 G7
I been living hand to mouth for a year or better
	C		  C7
when the mailman comes and gives me your letter
       G(III)			G7
and I recognize the handwriting, even now
      C			  C7
but I go ahead and open it anyhow
     G				  B
and no one's been buying from my roadside stand
    C(III)		     D(V)
so I hold your letter like a cross in my hand

	G		      Dsus4 Cadd9
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
	  G		      Dsus4 Cadd9
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
	 G		      Dsus4 Cadd9
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
     G(III) G7 C C7
in you

G(III) G7 C C7

	  G(III)
 I went down into the kitchen
G7
 where the light comes through the
C		      C7
 four-panelled window, clear and bright
	 G(III)			G7
and it's taken me seven years to realize
	  C			C7
how much I like the way that you dot your "i"s
	G		     B
I was born in Indiana thirty years ago
	C(III)		 D(V)
I got a mean, mean hunger down below

	 G		      Cadd9 Dsus4
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
	 G		      Dsus4 Cadd9
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
	 G		      B C(III) D(V)
I'm gonna wrap up my troubles
   G   Dsus4 Cadd9
in you

G Dsus4 Cadd9
G(III) G7 C