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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OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in A; capo 2.]
[I'm unsure about the pre-chorus and bridge, where I've written
F/A F/A Am Am. It might in fact be Am Am F/A F/A. Frankly, it
sounds okay either way. See which sounds best for you.]
G F Am Am G F Am Am
[intro]
G D/F# C/E C
Everywhere I see the signs, pointing one direction
G D/F# C/E C
No more twists or crooked turns, leaving room for doubt
G D/F# C/E C
Where I used to take the time for quiet and reflection
G D/F# C/E C
Now I only hear the noise of what I am without
G G C(9)/G C(9)/G
I see them walking hand in hand, and my eyes just want to linger
G G C(9)/G C(9)/G
On those golden wedding bands, wrapped around their fingers
F/A F/A Am Am
By the time I turn away, I feel it once again
G D/F# Am7 C
I'm back in this familiar place, outside looking in
G D/F# Am7 C
[instrumental]
Baby, all the tears between us couldn't fill the spaces
And all the word we grasped at, they just fell away
I kept waiting on forgiveness to fix the broken places
But nothing even like it ever came my way
And tonight I drove around, and the street came up before me
I took a turn and then I found this old house coming toward me
I heard the sound a heart must make when a memory's caving in
Oh baby, what a hungry place, outside looking in
G F Am Am G F Am Am
[instrumental]
G G C(9)/G C(9)/G
It's the hardest kind of need that never knows a reason
G G C(9)/G C(9)/G
Are we such a lonely breed, or just born in a lonely season
F/A F/A Am Am
Baby, it's all in the eyes, it's where the reckoning begins
F/A F/A Am Am
It's where we linger like a sigh, it's where we long to be pulled in
F/A F/A Am Am(?)
It's where we learn to say goodbye without saying anything
G D/F# Am7 C
Standing on the borderline, outside looking in
G D/F# Am7 C G D/F# Am7 C
[instrumental; 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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
------------------------------------------
[Actually in A; capo 2.]
[I'm unsure about the pre-chorus and bridge, where I've written
F/A F/A Am Am. It might in fact be Am Am F/A F/A. Frankly, it
sounds okay either way. See which sounds best for you.]
G F Am Am G F Am Am
[intro]
G D/F# C/E C
Everywhere I see the signs, pointing one direction
G D/F# C/E C
No more twists or crooked turns, leaving room for doubt
G D/F# C/E C
Where I used to take the time for quiet and reflection
G D/F# C/E C
Now I only hear the noise of what I am without
G G C(9)/G C(9)/G
I see them walking hand in hand, and my eyes just want to linger
G G C(9)/G C(9)/G
On those golden wedding bands, wrapped around their fingers
F/A F/A Am Am
By the time I turn away, I feel it once again
G D/F# Am7 C
I'm back in this familiar place, outside looking in
G D/F# Am7 C
[instrumental]
Baby, all the tears between us couldn't fill the spaces
And all the word we grasped at, they just fell away
I kept waiting on forgiveness to fix the broken places
But nothing even like it ever came my way
And tonight I drove around, and the street came up before me
I took a turn and then I found this old house coming toward me
I heard the sound a heart must make when a memory's caving in
Oh baby, what a hungry place, outside looking in
G F Am Am G F Am Am
[instrumental]
G G C(9)/G C(9)/G
It's the hardest kind of need that never knows a reason
G G C(9)/G C(9)/G
Are we such a lonely breed, or just born in a lonely season
F/A F/A Am Am
Baby, it's all in the eyes, it's where the reckoning begins
F/A F/A Am Am
It's where we linger like a sigh, it's where we long to be pulled in
F/A F/A Am Am(?)
It's where we learn to say goodbye without saying anything
G D/F# Am7 C
Standing on the borderline, outside looking in
G D/F# Am7 C G D/F# Am7 C
[instrumental; repeat and fade]
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
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