When Sheâ??s Gone Mary Chapin Carpenter
<br/> <br/> WHEN SHE'S GONE (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)<br/> ---------------------------------------<br/> [Actually in F; capo 5.]<br/> [The lines that are just F and C actually have some F(9)'s and C(9)'s in<br/> them; that's all spelled out at the end.]<br/> <br/> F C<br/> She threw her purse upon the bed<br/> F C<br/> She looked around and shook her head<br/> F C<br/> There's really nothing left, she said<br/> G C<br/> There's nothing I ain't done<br/> F C<br/> She wore your favorite dress tonight<br/> F C<br/> She hoped her hair would catch the light<br/> F C<br/> And you just sat there gettin' tight<br/> G C<br/> On double shots of rum<br/> <br/> Am F<br/> You don't care what people say<br/> G C<br/> They're gonna say it anyway<br/> Am F<br/> You don't hear what you can't use<br/> G C<br/> It's always been the same old news<br/> Am F<br/> You don't beg and you don't plead<br/> G C<br/> Or miss a thing that you don't need<br/> F C<br/> She knew by the way you kissed her<br/> G C<br/> When she's gone, you won't miss her<br/> <br/> F C F C F C G C<br/> [instrumental]<br/> <br/> Morning comes on an old cat's paws<br/> And when the sun hits the walls<br/> The light's as bright as it ever was<br/> After or before<br/> And you wince as waking pounds your head<br/> And you drag your arm across the bed<br/> And the tangled sheets and the twisted spread<br/> Fall onto the floor<br/> <br/> And the kitchen table finds you silent<br/> If you had a thought, now you can't find it<br/> You take a long drag on your smoke<br/> And taste your coffee growing cold<br/> She didn't beg and you didn't plead<br/> She knew exactly how to leave<br/> The way she knew when you kissed her<br/> When she's gone, you won't miss her<br/> <br/> She didn't beg and you didn't plead<br/> She knew exactly when to leave<br/> The way she knew as you kissed her<br/> When she's gone, you won't miss her<br/> <br/> F C F C F C G C<br/> [Instrumental; repeat and fade]<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Here's the strumming pattern for most of the song. The funny-looking<br/> lines are musical notes. The numbers above the notes are just the relative<br/> durations, for the benefit of the notationally impaired.<br/> The first chord of each line is actually just a single note, or perhaps<br/> just the two or three lowest strings. The last C(9) in the first two lines<br/> is only played sometimes; other times, it's just an eighth note at the end <br/> of the measure, and other times there's _no_ chord after the C*.<br/> <br/> F: x33211 or 133211 (fret the E string with your thumb)<br/> F(9): x33011 or 133011 (fret the E string with your thumb)<br/> C(9): 330010<br/> C*: hammer-on (quickly) from 330010 to 332010<br/> C: 332010<br/> G: 320003<br/> Am: x02210<br/> <br/> <br/> 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2<br/> | +--+--+--+ | | | |<br/> | | | | | | | | |<br/> / / / / / / / . / . /<br/> F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)<br/> <br/> 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2<br/> | +--+--+--+ | | | |<br/> | | | | | | | | |<br/> / / / / / / / . / . /<br/> F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)<br/> <br/> 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2<br/> | +--+--+--+ | | | |<br/> | | | | | | | | |<br/> / / / / / / / . / . /<br/> F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)<br/> <br/> 2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1<br/> | +--+ | | | | +--+--+<br/> | | | | | | | | | |<br/> / / / / / / . / / / /<br/> G G G G G C C C C C<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> For the other parts (e.g., the Am F G C part), it's never very complex;<br/> mostly just like this:<br/> <br/> 2 1 1 2 1 1<br/> | +--+ | +--+<br/> | | | | | |<br/> / / / / / /<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com<br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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