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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[Actually in Bb; capo 3.]
[Mary Chapin's chords are as follows:
G=320003, C=332010, D=x00232,
D11=554030, Em=022000, Em7=020000.
But for some variety and texture,
try playing G as 320033 and C as x32033 (actually C(9)). And play
some D(9)'s in with the D's.]
[Each chord is half of a 6/8 measure, or a whole 3/4 measure,
depending on how you look at it.]
[Intro]
G C G D11 G C G D11
G C G D11 G C G D11
[Verse]
G C G G
I can tell by the way you're walking
C G D D
That you don't want company
G C G G
I'll let you alone and I'll let you walk on
C G D D
And in your own good time you'll be
C G Em Em7
Back where the sun can find you
C G D D
Under the wise wishing tree
G C G G
And with all of them made we'll lie under the shade
C G D D
And call it a jubilee
G C G G
And I can tell by the way you're talking
C G D11
That the past isn't letting you go
G C G
But there's only so long you can take it all on
C G D
And then the wrong's gotta be on its own
C G Em Em7
And when you're ready to leave it behind you
C G D
You'll look back, and all that you'll see
G C G G
Is the wreckage and rust that you left in the dust
C D G G
On your way to the jubilee
[Instrumental]
G C G G C G D D
G D/F# C G/B
And I can tell by the way you're listening
C G D D
That you're still expecting to hear
G C G G
Your name being called like a summons to all
C G D D
Who have failed to account for their doubts and their fears
C G Em Em7
They can't add up to much without you
C G D D
And so if it were just up to me
G C G G
I'd take hold of your hand, saying come hear the band
C D G G
Play your song at the jubilee
[Instrumental]
C G Em Em7 C G D D
G C G G C G D D
G C G G
And I can tell by the way you're searching
C G D
For something you can't even name
G C G G
That you haven't been able to come to the table
C G D D
Simply glad that you came
C G Em Em7
And when you feel like this try to imagine
C G D D
That we're all like frail boats on the sea
G C G G
Just scanning the night for that great guiding light
C(9) G D D
Announcing the jubilee
G C G G
And I can tell by the way you're standing
C G D D
With your eyes filling with tears
G C G G
That it's habit alone keeps you turning for home
C G D D
Even though your home is right here
C G/B Em Em7/D
Where the people who love you are gathered
C G D D
Under the wise wishing tree
G C G G
May we all be considered then straight on delivered
C G D D
Down to the jubilee
C G Em Em7
'Cause the people who love you are waiting
C G D [hold for 1.5 measures, or 3 beats]
And they'll wait just as long as need be
G C G G
When we look back and say those were halcyon days
C D11 G G
We're talking 'bout jubilee
[Instrumental]
G C G G C G D D
G C G G C D G G
[WHISTLE SOLO]
[This is a guitar arrangement of the tin whistle solo;
the ending follows a similar theme, but the notes are
different. Improvise. The A and E strings have been
left off to save space.]
C(9) G Em7
E|0-----2-3--23-----------|------------------------|
B|--------------------10--|0-----------------------|
G|----------------------2-|------------------2-0---|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
^ . . ^ . . ^ . . ^ . .
C(9) G D
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|5-------5=3-3-----------|------------------------|
G|------------------4-0=2-|2-----------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
^ . . ^ . . ^ . . ^ . .
G C(9) G
E|------------0-----------|----------30------------|
B|3-------------------310-|3-----------3-----0-----|
G|------------------------|--------------------0---|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
^ . . ^ . . ^ . . ^ . .
C(9) G D
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|1-----0-----------------|------------------------|
G|--------2-----------0---|2-----------------------|
D|------------0---2-------|------------------------|
^ . . ^ . . ^ . . ^ . .
************************************
| . Staccato
************************************
[Mary Chapin's chords are as follows:
G=320003, C=332010, D=x00232,
D11=554030, Em=022000, Em7=020000.
But for some variety and texture,
try playing G as 320033 and C as x32033 (actually C(9)). And play
some D(9)'s in with the D's.]
[Each chord is half of a 6/8 measure, or a whole 3/4 measure,
depending on how you look at it.]
[Intro]
G C G D11 G C G D11
G C G D11 G C G D11
[Verse]
G C G G
I can tell by the way you're walking
C G D D
That you don't want company
G C G G
I'll let you alone and I'll let you walk on
C G D D
And in your own good time you'll be
C G Em Em7
Back where the sun can find you
C G D D
Under the wise wishing tree
G C G G
And with all of them made we'll lie under the shade
C G D D
And call it a jubilee
G C G G
And I can tell by the way you're talking
C G D11
That the past isn't letting you go
G C G
But there's only so long you can take it all on
C G D
And then the wrong's gotta be on its own
C G Em Em7
And when you're ready to leave it behind you
C G D
You'll look back, and all that you'll see
G C G G
Is the wreckage and rust that you left in the dust
C D G G
On your way to the jubilee
[Instrumental]
G C G G C G D D
G D/F# C G/B
And I can tell by the way you're listening
C G D D
That you're still expecting to hear
G C G G
Your name being called like a summons to all
C G D D
Who have failed to account for their doubts and their fears
C G Em Em7
They can't add up to much without you
C G D D
And so if it were just up to me
G C G G
I'd take hold of your hand, saying come hear the band
C D G G
Play your song at the jubilee
[Instrumental]
C G Em Em7 C G D D
G C G G C G D D
G C G G
And I can tell by the way you're searching
C G D
For something you can't even name
G C G G
That you haven't been able to come to the table
C G D D
Simply glad that you came
C G Em Em7
And when you feel like this try to imagine
C G D D
That we're all like frail boats on the sea
G C G G
Just scanning the night for that great guiding light
C(9) G D D
Announcing the jubilee
G C G G
And I can tell by the way you're standing
C G D D
With your eyes filling with tears
G C G G
That it's habit alone keeps you turning for home
C G D D
Even though your home is right here
C G/B Em Em7/D
Where the people who love you are gathered
C G D D
Under the wise wishing tree
G C G G
May we all be considered then straight on delivered
C G D D
Down to the jubilee
C G Em Em7
'Cause the people who love you are waiting
C G D [hold for 1.5 measures, or 3 beats]
And they'll wait just as long as need be
G C G G
When we look back and say those were halcyon days
C D11 G G
We're talking 'bout jubilee
[Instrumental]
G C G G C G D D
G C G G C D G G
[WHISTLE SOLO]
[This is a guitar arrangement of the tin whistle solo;
the ending follows a similar theme, but the notes are
different. Improvise. The A and E strings have been
left off to save space.]
C(9) G Em7
E|0-----2-3--23-----------|------------------------|
B|--------------------10--|0-----------------------|
G|----------------------2-|------------------2-0---|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
^ . . ^ . . ^ . . ^ . .
C(9) G D
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|5-------5=3-3-----------|------------------------|
G|------------------4-0=2-|2-----------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
^ . . ^ . . ^ . . ^ . .
G C(9) G
E|------------0-----------|----------30------------|
B|3-------------------310-|3-----------3-----0-----|
G|------------------------|--------------------0---|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
^ . . ^ . . ^ . . ^ . .
C(9) G D
E|------------------------|------------------------|
B|1-----0-----------------|------------------------|
G|--------2-----------0---|2-----------------------|
D|------------0---2-------|------------------------|
^ . . ^ . . ^ . . ^ . .
************************************
| . Staccato
************************************
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