Carpenter Mary Chapin

34 songs

G G C G C C Em/G D/A [intro] G G C G C C D G [intro] G G C G C C Em D She says it's been so long, she can't remember when G

A ROAD iS JUST A rOAD (Mary-Chapin Carpenter & John Jennings) ------------------------------------------------------------- [Actually in A; capo 2.] [Each chord is half a measure.] G G D D G

C C Saturday night and the moon is out G G I wanna head on over to the Twist and Shout D D Find a two-step partner and a Cajun beat G

DoWNTOWN TRAiN (by Tom Waits; recorded by Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ---------------------------------------------------------------- [Each chord is half a measure.] [Try using C(9) instead of C sometimes

FAMILY HANDS (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------ [Recorded in F. Mary Chapin plays in dropped-D tuning (DADGBE) in the key of D, with a capo on the 3rd fret. John Jennings

[intro] C C(9) C C(9) C C(9) C C(9) I'm going out tonight to find myself a friend C C(9) C C(9) C C(9) C C(9) I need a welcome

GOODBYE AGAIN (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------- [Actually in C#; capo 4. Tuning: D A C# E A E.] [This tablature is for the first verse; all the verses should be similar,

G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus [intro] G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus I grew up in a house like this, we knew the groan of

C C F G C C F G C C F G C C G F [intro] C C F G C C F G I wanna be your girlfriend, I wanna be your new love C C F G C C

IT DoN'T BrING yOU (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------ [Actually in F; capo up five frets. It's easier if you tune low E up to F.] [The whole song follows this same pat

G C G D11 G C G D11 [intro] G C G D11 G C G D11 [intro] G C G G I can tell by the way you're walking C G D D Tha

JUST BECAUSE (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------ [Actually in E; capo 4. Tuning: EADGBD.] [Note that the words aren't _exactly_ where they're supposed to be with respect to

G G G G D D G G [intro] G G G G D D G G [intro] G G G G When it's been that kind of day, baby D D G G When everything

G C G C G C G C [intro] G C G C You're like a cool breeze to a hot spell G C G C You're like a long drink to a dry well

G D G D C D C D G D G D C D C D [intro] G D G D For years she's lived on her own C D C D In a corner of the city G

G G F(9) F(9) G G F(9) F(9) [intro] C G F F The whippoorwills were crying in the falling rain C G F F Far away a

OUTSIDe lOOKING iN (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------ [Actually in A; capo 2.] [I'm unsure about the pre-chorus and bridge, where I've written F/A F/A Am Am. It might

STONES IN THE ROAD (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------ [Actually in Bb; capo 3; tuning: DADF#GD.] [The chords need some explanation. There are two ways to play G, and t

TBE BuG (by Mark Knopfler; recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------------------------- [Each chord is one measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen are one me

TBE EnD o MY PIRAtDayS (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------------- [I _think_ these are the chords Mary Chapin uses. She might use a non-standard tuning, which would me

THE HARD WAY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------ [These are the chords for the acoustic (rhythm) guitar; capo at the 2nd fret. The electric guitars play it in D with no capo

THE MOON AND ST. CHRISTOPHER (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ---------------------------------------------------- Tuning: DADGBC (yes, C) Actually in F; capo 5. Each chord is half a measure. No guarantee

Em Em Em Em [intro] Em Em Well I think of you sometimes at night Em Em And sometimes it's still the same Em Em B7 B7 T

TBiS IS LOVE (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------ [Capo 5; tune guitar to DADF#AD (open D). I'm not 100% sure of the tuning, but I'm at least 90% sure.] [D=000000; D(9)=00200

TBiS SBiRT (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ---------------------------------- [Capo 5; each chord is one measure] [C=x32010; C(4)=x33010; C(9)/B=x20010; Am=x02210; Am/G=3x2210; Fmaj9=1x3010; G6=3x0000; Em=0

TOO TIRED (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) --------------------------------- [Capo 2.] [Each chord is half of a measure] D D D D D D D D [intro] D D D D Too tired t

WAlKING tBrOUGB FiRE (Mary Chapin Carpenter) -------------------------------------------- [This song is actually in the key of A, then it switches to B; I'm guessing that Mary Chapin plays it in G &

WBat YOU DiDn'T SAy (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------- [Actually in A#; capo 3] [Each chord is one measure] [Some of the C's might be C(9)'s, among other variations...

WHEN SHE'S GONE (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) --------------------------------------- [Actually in F; capo 5.] [The lines that are just F and C actually have some F(9)'s and C(9)'s in them; that's all spel

WHERE TIME STANDS STILL (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ----------------------------------------------- G G - Gmaj7 C C/D - D [intro] G Gmaj7 C C/D - D [intro] G