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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[Intro]
C F C G
C F C G
[Verse 1]
C F G
I’m telling you these things that I tell no one else
F G
When I’m all alone, when I’m by myself
C F G
And I believe you hear me though I have no proof
F G C
it’s what I feel inside that’s telling me the truth
[Chorus]
F C G
If I listen and I cannot hear the music
F C G
If I try to swim the ocean and cannot reach the shore
F C G
If the world is offered love but doesn’t use it
F G
Oh Rosetta, what’s it for?
[Verse 2]
C F G
May I call you sister when we talk this way?
F G
You make me feel as if there’s nothing I can’t say
C F G
I know I’m not the first one you’ve brought comfort to
F G C
And I’m not the last that will look to you
[Chorus]
F C G
If I wander and I cannot find the reason
F C G
If I keep my heart wide open and cannot feel the sun
F C G
And I’m not sure anymore what I believe in
F G
Oh Rosetta, am I the only one?
[Verse 3]
C F G
One day I am walking down a lonely street
F G
New York City’s cold, there's no-one to meet
C F G
And at the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue
F G C
I hear someone sing and I know it’s you
[Chorus]
F C G
If I’m still and I cannot hear the choirs
F C G
If I try to please the many instead of just the very few
F C G
Can you hear me through invisible wires?
F G
Oh Rosetta, what should I do?
[Outro]
F C G
If I listen and I cannot hear the music
F C G
If I swim against the current and lose sight of the shore
F C G
If the world is offered goodness but doesn’t use it
F G
Oh Rosetta, what’s it for?
C F C G
C F C G
[Verse 1]
C F G
I’m telling you these things that I tell no one else
F G
When I’m all alone, when I’m by myself
C F G
And I believe you hear me though I have no proof
F G C
it’s what I feel inside that’s telling me the truth
[Chorus]
F C G
If I listen and I cannot hear the music
F C G
If I try to swim the ocean and cannot reach the shore
F C G
If the world is offered love but doesn’t use it
F G
Oh Rosetta, what’s it for?
[Verse 2]
C F G
May I call you sister when we talk this way?
F G
You make me feel as if there’s nothing I can’t say
C F G
I know I’m not the first one you’ve brought comfort to
F G C
And I’m not the last that will look to you
[Chorus]
F C G
If I wander and I cannot find the reason
F C G
If I keep my heart wide open and cannot feel the sun
F C G
And I’m not sure anymore what I believe in
F G
Oh Rosetta, am I the only one?
[Verse 3]
C F G
One day I am walking down a lonely street
F G
New York City’s cold, there's no-one to meet
C F G
And at the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue
F G C
I hear someone sing and I know it’s you
[Chorus]
F C G
If I’m still and I cannot hear the choirs
F C G
If I try to please the many instead of just the very few
F C G
Can you hear me through invisible wires?
F G
Oh Rosetta, what should I do?
[Outro]
F C G
If I listen and I cannot hear the music
F C G
If I swim against the current and lose sight of the shore
F C G
If the world is offered goodness but doesn’t use it
F G
Oh Rosetta, what’s it for?
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