#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN FLY (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------------- [I've no idea how Mary Chapin Carpenter plays this song. In concert, she plays it with a capo on the 7th fret. Since the song is in B, that would mean she's playing in E, and the verse chords are B E A A. She's clearly using a very strange tuning, because I can't for the life of me figure out how she's getting those chords out of the positions she uses. Any ideas?] [I'm going to write these chords down in the key of G, since I know that's where John Jennings plays them, with a capo on the 4th fret.] n.c. In this world there's a whole lot of trouble, baby n.c. In this world there's a whole lot of pain n.c. In this world there's a whole lot of trouble n.c. But a whole lot of ground to gain n.c. Why take when you could be giving, why watch as the world goes by n.c. It's a hard enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) Em (022000@1)Em (022000@1)c (x3101x@1)c[instrumental] (x3101x@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) Em (022000@1)Em (022000@1)c (x3101x@1)c[instrumental] (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1)G (320003@1)G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)G/B (143121@7)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) Em (022000@1)Em (022000@1)c (x3101x@1)c[instrumental] (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) c (x3101x@1) cIn (x3101x@1)this world there's a whole lot of sorrow D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) c (x3101x@1) cIn (x3101x@1)this world there's a whole lot of shame D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) c (x3101x@1) cIn (x3101x@1)this world there's a whole lot of sorrow Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1) c (x3101x@1) cAnd (x3101x@1)a whole lotta ground to gain c (x3101x@1) c (x3101x@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G/B (143121@7) c (x3101x@1) cWhen (x3101x@1)you spend your whole life wishing, wanting and wondering why D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) c (x3101x@1) c (x3101x@1) Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1) c (x3101x@1) cIt's (x3101x@1)a long enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1)G (320003@1)G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)G/B (143121@7)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) Em (022000@1)Em (022000@1)c (x3101x@1)c[instrumental] (x3101x@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) Em (022000@1)Em (022000@1)c (x3101x@1)c[instrumental] (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) c (x3101x@1) cIn (x3101x@1)this world there's a whole lot of golden D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) c (x3101x@1) cIn (x3101x@1)this world there's a whole lot of plain D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) c (x3101x@1) cIn (x3101x@1)this world you've a soul for a compass Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1) c (x3101x@1) cAnd (x3101x@1)a heart for a pair of wings c (x3101x@1) c (x3101x@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G/B (143121@7)c (x3101x@1) cThere's (x3101x@1)a star on the far horizon, rising bright in an azure sky D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) c (x3101x@1) c (x3101x@1) Em (022000@1) Em (022000@1) c (x3101x@1) cFor (x3101x@1)the rest of the time that you're given, why walk when you can fly D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) Em (022000@1)Em (022000@1)c (x3101x@1)chigh... (x3101x@1)[instrumental] D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) Em (022000@1)Em (022000@1)c (x3101x@1)c[instrumental] (x3101x@1)D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) D (xx0232@1)G (320003@1)c (x3101x@1)c (x3101x@1) Em (022000@1)Em (022000@1)c (x3101x@1)c. [instrumental] - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com