The Bug Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter #----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THE BUG (by Mark Knopfler; recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------------------------- [Each chord is one measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen are one measure _total_.] D7 D7 D7 D7 D7 D7 D7 D7 [intro] D7 D7 D7 D7 Well it's a strange old game, you learn it slow D7 D7 D7 D7 One step forward and it's back you go D7 D7 D7 D7 You're standing on the throttle, you're standing on the brake D7 D7 In the groove till you make a mistake D7 D7 D7 G7 Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug D7 D7 D7 C - G Sometimes it all comes together baby, sometimes you're just a fool in love D7 D7 D7 G7 Sometimes you're the Louisville Slugger baby, sometimes you're the ball D7 D7 D7 C - G Sometimes it all comes together baby, sometimes you're gonna lose it all You gotta know happy, you gotta know glad Because you're gonna know lonely and you're gonna know sad When you're rippin' and a-ridin' and you're coming on strong You start slippin' and a-slidin' and it all goes wrong Because sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug Sometimes it all falls together baby, sometimes you're a fool in love Sometimes you're the Louisville Slugger baby, sometimes you're the ball Sometimes it all comes together baby, sometimes you're gonna lose it all A7 A7(sus4) A7 D7 A7 A7 A7 C - G D7 D7 D7 D7 [guitar solo] One day you got the glory, and then you got none One day you're a diamond, and then you're a stone Everything can change in the blink of an eye So let the good times roll before we say goodbye Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug Sometimes it all comes together baby, sometimes you're a fool in love Sometimes you're the Louisville Slugger baby, sometimes you're the ball Sometimes it all comes together baby, sometimes you're gonna lose it all Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug Sometimes it all comes together baby, sometimes you're a fool in love Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the bug Sometimes it all comes together baby, sometimes you're just a fool in love D7 D7 D7 G7 [repeat and fade] - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
