I Feel Lucky   Mary Chapin Carpenter

 
 
 
 
 
 I FEEL LUCKY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter & Don Schlitz)
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 [Actually in B; capo at the 7th fret]
 
 E E E E E E E E
 [intro]
 
 E E
 Well I woke up this morning stumbled out of my rack
 E E
 I opened up the paper to the page in the back
 A A
 It only took a moment for my finger to find
 E E
 My daily dose of destiny, under my sign
 B B
 My eyes just about popped out of my head
 E [stop] n.c.
 It said "the stars are stacked against you girl, get back in bed"
 
 A A E E
 I feel lucky, I feel lucky, yeah
 B B
 No Professor Doom gonna stand in my way
 E [stop] n.c. E E E E
 Mmmmm, I feel lucky today [instrumental]
 
 Well I strolled down to the corner, gave my numbers to the clerk
 The pot's eleven million so I called in sick to work
 I bought a pack of Camels, a burrito and a Barq's
 Crossed against the light, made a beeline for the park
 The sky began to thunder, wind began to moan
 I heard a voice above me saying, "girl, you better get back home"
 
 But I feel lucky, oh oh oh, I feel lucky, yeah
 No tropical depression gonna steal my sun away
 Mmmmm, I feel lucky today
 
 A A E E B B E B
 [Guitar solo]
 
 E [stop]
 Now eleven million later, I was sitting at the bar
 (D) E [stop]
 I'd bought the house a double, and the waitress a new car
 A [stop]
 Dwight Yoakam's in the corner, trying to catch my eye
 (D) E [stop]
 Lyle Lovett's right beside me with his hand upon my thigh
 (A) B [stop] B [stop]
 The moral of this story, it's simple but it's true
 E E7
 Hey the stars might lie, but the numbers never do
 
 I feel lucky, oh oh oh, I feel lucky, yeah 
 Hey Dwight, hey Lyle, boys, you don't have to fight
 Hot dog, I'm feeling lucky tonight
 
 I feel lucky, brrrrr, I feel lucky, yeah
 Think I'll flip a coin, I'm a winner either way
 Mmmmmm, I feel lucky today
 E E E E A A E E B B E n.c. (F#9) (F9) E9 E
 [piano solo] [piano break] [crescendo] [stop]
 TAB:
 
 (Don't forget the capo on the 7th fret.)
 
 Play the E measures And the A measures
 like this: like this:
 
 |----------------| |----------------|
 |----------------| |----------------|
 |----------------| |2---2---2---2---|
 |2---2---2---2---| |2---4---2---4---|
 |2---4---2---4---| |0---0---0---0---|
 |0---0---0---0---| |----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
 
 I'm not sure about B. It might be x244xx and x264xx (like A), or it might
 just be x244xx.
 
 For the very beginning of the song, slide into the first E with 011xxx.
 
 - Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu