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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
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- D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C
- [instrumental]
- D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C
- [instrumental]
- C C G G Am G/B C C D G C C Em Em C C
- [instrumental]
-
- D G C C
- In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow
- D G C C
- In this world there's a whole lot of shame
- D G C C
- In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow
- Em Em C C
- And a whole lotta ground to gain
- C C G G Am G/B C C
- When you spend your whole life wishing, wanting and wondering why
- D G C C Em Em C C
- It's a long enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly
-
- C C G G Am G/B C C D G C C Em Em C C
- [instrumental]
- D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C
- [instrumental]
-
- D G C C
- In this world there's a whole lot of golden
- D G C C
- In this world there's a whole lot of plain
- D G C C
- In this world you've a soul for a compass
- Em Em C C
- And a heart for a pair of wings
- C C G G Am G/B C C
- There's a star on the far horizon, rising bright in an azure sky
- D G C C Em Em C C
- For the rest of the time that you're given, why walk when you can fly
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- D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C
- high... [instrumental]
- D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C
- [instrumental]
- D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C.
- [instrumental]
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- - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
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