Biography:
Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a highly successful country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. According to Songfacts, Carpenter had a fairly privileged upper middle class upbringing. Her father was at least partly responsible for her embarking on a musical career. The song "House of Cards" was inspired by the divorce of her parents when she was sixteen.
One of her most widely known singles is "Passionate Kisses" (written by fellow singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams)
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Other songs:
- 10000 Miles
- A Keeper For Every Flame
- A Lot Like Me
- A Road Is Just A Road
- Capo Chart
- Christmas Time In The City
- Come Darkness Come Light
- Down At The Twist And Shout
- Down In Marys Land
- Downtown Train
- Grow Old With Me
- Halley Came To Jackson
- He Thinks Hell Keep Her
- Hot Buttered Rum
- House Of Cards
- I Am A Town
- I Feel Lucky
- I Put My Ring Back On
- I Want To Be Your Girlfriend
- Its Only Love
- John Doe No 2
- John Doe No 24
- Jubilee
- Keeping The Faith
- Let Me Into Your Heart
- Naked To The Eye
- Not Too Much To Ask
- Oh Rosetta
- Only A Dream
- Other Streets And Other Towns
- Outside Looking In
- Passionate Kisses
- Quittin Time
- Shut Up And Kiss Me
- Slave To The Beauty
- Slow Country Dance
- Stones In The Road
- Tender When I Want To Be
- Thanksgiving Song
- The Age Of Miracles
- The Blue Distance
- The Bug
- The Calling
- The End Of My Pirate Days
- The Hard Way
- The Last Word
- The Long Way Home
- The Longest Night Of The Year
- The Moon And St Christopher
- The More Things Change
- This Is Love
- Too Tired
- Walking Through Fire
- Wall Around Your Heart
- When Shes Gone
- Wherever You Are
- Why Walk When You Can Fly
- You
- You Win Again
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#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. #
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HOUSE OF CARDS (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in A; capo 2.]
[Each chord is half of a measure.]
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 every stair
G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
All the walls seemed to listen in, all the years seemed to take up air
C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B
When you dreamed it was of the wind blowing cold and hard
C(9) C(9) D G/B Am7 Am7 D D D D
In those dreams you thought you lived in a house of cards
G Gsus G Gsus
[instrumental]
I grew up in a town like this, we knew the names of every street
On the surface it looked so safe, but it was perilous underneath
That's the place you shoved your doubts and hid your ugly scars
God forbid if word got out about your house of cards
C C C C D D G G/F#
And now I feel the wind about to blow, and baby I'm so scared
Em Em Bm7 Bm7
You're repeating the past instead of letting it go
Bm7 Am7 G G
(go) And I don't wanna go back there
C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B Am7 Am7 D D
[guitar solo]
C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B Am7 Am7 D D D D
[guitar solo]
G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
[instrumental]
Now we're standing here face to face, afraid to move or else
I wanna prop up this fragile place, I can't do it all by myself
'Cause when we dream, it's of the wind, blowing cold and hard
When we wake up we still live in a house of cards
'Cause when we dream, it's of the wind, blowing cold and hard
When we wake up we still live in a house of cards
G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
[repeat and fade]
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
#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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
HOUSE OF CARDS (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
--------------------------------------
[Actually in A; capo 2.]
[Each chord is half of a measure.]
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 every stair
G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
All the walls seemed to listen in, all the years seemed to take up air
C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B
When you dreamed it was of the wind blowing cold and hard
C(9) C(9) D G/B Am7 Am7 D D D D
In those dreams you thought you lived in a house of cards
G Gsus G Gsus
[instrumental]
I grew up in a town like this, we knew the names of every street
On the surface it looked so safe, but it was perilous underneath
That's the place you shoved your doubts and hid your ugly scars
God forbid if word got out about your house of cards
C C C C D D G G/F#
And now I feel the wind about to blow, and baby I'm so scared
Em Em Bm7 Bm7
You're repeating the past instead of letting it go
Bm7 Am7 G G
(go) And I don't wanna go back there
C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B Am7 Am7 D D
[guitar solo]
C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B C(9) C(9) D G/B Am7 Am7 D D D D
[guitar solo]
G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
[instrumental]
Now we're standing here face to face, afraid to move or else
I wanna prop up this fragile place, I can't do it all by myself
'Cause when we dream, it's of the wind, blowing cold and hard
When we wake up we still live in a house of cards
'Cause when we dream, it's of the wind, blowing cold and hard
When we wake up we still live in a house of cards
G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus G Gsus
[repeat and fade]
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
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