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WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN FLY (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[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