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Why Walk When You Can Fly  Mary Chapin Carpenter



 

 

 
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[I've no idea how Mary Chapin Carpenter plays this song. In concert, she
plays it with a capo on the 7th fret. Since the song is in B, that would
mean she's playing in E, and the verse chords are B E A A. She's clearly
using a very strange tuning, because I can't for the life of me figure out
how she's getting those chords out of the positions she uses. Any ideas?]
[I'm going to write these chords down in the key of G, since I know that's
where John Jennings plays them, with a capo on the 4th fret.]
n.c.
In this world there's a whole lot of trouble, baby
n.c.
In this world there's a whole lot of pain
n.c.
In this world there's a whole lot of trouble
n.c.
But a whole lot of ground to gain
n.c.
Why take when you could be giving, why watch as the world goes by
n.c.
It's a hard enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly
[D] [inG]str[C]ume[C]ntal] [D] [G] [C] [C] [D] [G] [C] [C] [Em] [Em] [C] [C]
[D] [inG]str[C]ume[C]ntal] [D] [G] [C] [C] [D] [G] [C] [C] [Em] [Em] [C] [C]
[C] [in[C]str[G]ume[G]ntal] [Am] [G/B] [C] [C] [D] [G] [C] [C] [Em] [Em] [C] [C]
[D]In this [G]world there's a [C]whole lot of [C]sorrow
[D]In this [G]world there's a [C]whole lot of [C]shame
[D]In this [G]world there's a [C]whole lot of [C]sorrow
And a [Em]whole lotta [Em]ground to [C]gain [C]
When you [C]spend your wh[C]ole life [G]wishing[G], [Am]wanting and [G/B]wondering [C]why [C]
It's a [D]long enough [G]life to be [C]living, [C]why [Em]walk when [Em]you can[C] fly [C]
[C] [in[C]str[G]ume[G]ntal] [Am] [G/B] [C] [C] [D] [G] [C] [C] [Em] [Em] [C] [C]
[D] [inG]str[C]ume[C]ntal] [D] [G] [C] [C] [D] [G] [C] [C] [Em] [Em] [C] [C]
[D]In this [G]world there's a [C]whole lot of [C]golden
[D]In this [G]world there's a [C]whole lot of [C]plain
[D]In this [G]world you've a [C]soul for a [C]compass
And a [Em]heart for a [Em]pair of [C]wings [C]
There's a [C]star on the [C]far ho[G]rizon[G], rising [Am]bright in an [G/B]azure[C] sky [C]
For the [D]rest of the [G]time that you're [C]given, [C]why [Em]walk when [Em]you can [C]fly [C]
[D]hig[G]h..[C]. [[C]instr[D]ume[G]nta[C]l] [C] [D] [G] [C] [C] [Em] [Em] [C] [C]
[D] [inG]str[C]ume[C]ntal] [D] [G] [C] [C] [D] [G] [C] [C] [Em] [Em] [C] [C]
D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C.
[instrumental] 
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

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