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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
THE HARD WAY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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(These are the chords for the acoustic (rhythm) guitar; capo at the 2nd
fret. The electric guitars play it in D with no capo. Frankly, either way
is pretty easy, but I wrote the chords down for the acoustic. The tab at
the end is for the electrics.)
(It sounds okay to play E7 instead of G#dim7.)
(I play C5 as x3x013 and G#dim7 as xx0101 or x20101.)
(Each chord is half a measure.)
[Intro]
(The high notes are played by one electric guitar, the low notes by another;
no capo on the electrics.)
A Bm G A A Bm G A
e|-----0-------0---|----0--------0--|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
B|---2---2---3---3-|--3---3----2--2-|--2---2---3---3-|--3---3---2---2-|
G|-2-------4-------|0--------2------|2-------4-------|0-------2-------|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|--------------5-|7-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-|5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------|--------------3-|5-5-5-5-7-7-7-3-|3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
* * * * * * * * (accents)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (timing)
[Intro]
G Am F G G Am F G C C C/E F C C C/E F
(electric guitar(s)) (whole band)
[Chorus 1]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
Show a little inspiration, show a little spark
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And show that things that drew me to you and stole my heart
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And tell me something I don't know instead of everything I do
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And look at me as if I mean something to you
[Verse 1]
G G G#dim G#dim Am Am/G D7/F# D7/F#
Our hearts are beating while we sleep, but while we're wide awake
F C5 C5 C5
You know the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
F C5 C5 C5
Listen to your heart, and what your heart might say
G Am F G C C C/E F
Everything we got, we got the hard way
[Chorus 2]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
Show a little passion, baby, show a little style
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And show the knack for knowing when and the gift for knowing how
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And have a little trust in us when fear obscures the path
C C C/E F C C C/E F
You know we got this far, darling, not by luck, but by never turning back
[Verse 2]
G G G#dim G#dim Am Am/G D7/F# D7/F#
Some will call on destiny, but I just call on faith
F C5 C5 C5
That the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
F C5 C5 C5
Listen to your heart, to what your heart might say
G Am F G C C C C
Everything we got, we got the hard way
[Bridge]
Em7 Em7 F F C C G Gsus4 G
Caught up in our little lives, there's not a lot left over
Em7 Em7 Am7 Am7/G F(9) F(9) Gsus4 G
I see what's missing in your eyes; you're searching for that field of clover
[Instrumental]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
C C C/E F C C C/E F
[Chorus 3]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
So show a little inspiration, show a little spark
C C C/E F C C C/E F
Show the world a little light when you show it your heart
G G G#dim G#dim Am D
We've got two lives, one we're given and the other one we make
F C5 C5 C5
And the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
G Am F G C C C C
Listen to your heart, and your heart might say
[Outro]
G Am F G G Am F G
Everything we got, we got the hard (everything we got, we got the hard way)
G Am F G C C C/E F
Everything we got, we got the hard way
C C C/E F C C C/E F
(because the world won't stop) hang on, baby...
[Instrumental]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
fade.
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
------------------------------------
(These are the chords for the acoustic (rhythm) guitar; capo at the 2nd
fret. The electric guitars play it in D with no capo. Frankly, either way
is pretty easy, but I wrote the chords down for the acoustic. The tab at
the end is for the electrics.)
(It sounds okay to play E7 instead of G#dim7.)
(I play C5 as x3x013 and G#dim7 as xx0101 or x20101.)
(Each chord is half a measure.)
[Intro]
(The high notes are played by one electric guitar, the low notes by another;
no capo on the electrics.)
A Bm G A A Bm G A
e|-----0-------0---|----0--------0--|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
B|---2---2---3---3-|--3---3----2--2-|--2---2---3---3-|--3---3---2---2-|
G|-2-------4-------|0--------2------|2-------4-------|0-------2-------|
D|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-----------------|--------------5-|7-7-7-7-9-9-9-5-|5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------|--------------3-|5-5-5-5-7-7-7-3-|3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
* * * * * * * * (accents)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ (timing)
[Intro]
G Am F G G Am F G C C C/E F C C C/E F
(electric guitar(s)) (whole band)
[Chorus 1]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
Show a little inspiration, show a little spark
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And show that things that drew me to you and stole my heart
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And tell me something I don't know instead of everything I do
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And look at me as if I mean something to you
[Verse 1]
G G G#dim G#dim Am Am/G D7/F# D7/F#
Our hearts are beating while we sleep, but while we're wide awake
F C5 C5 C5
You know the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
F C5 C5 C5
Listen to your heart, and what your heart might say
G Am F G C C C/E F
Everything we got, we got the hard way
[Chorus 2]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
Show a little passion, baby, show a little style
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And show the knack for knowing when and the gift for knowing how
C C C/E F C C C/E F
And have a little trust in us when fear obscures the path
C C C/E F C C C/E F
You know we got this far, darling, not by luck, but by never turning back
[Verse 2]
G G G#dim G#dim Am Am/G D7/F# D7/F#
Some will call on destiny, but I just call on faith
F C5 C5 C5
That the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
F C5 C5 C5
Listen to your heart, to what your heart might say
G Am F G C C C C
Everything we got, we got the hard way
[Bridge]
Em7 Em7 F F C C G Gsus4 G
Caught up in our little lives, there's not a lot left over
Em7 Em7 Am7 Am7/G F(9) F(9) Gsus4 G
I see what's missing in your eyes; you're searching for that field of clover
[Instrumental]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
C C C/E F C C C/E F
[Chorus 3]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
So show a little inspiration, show a little spark
C C C/E F C C C/E F
Show the world a little light when you show it your heart
G G G#dim G#dim Am D
We've got two lives, one we're given and the other one we make
F C5 C5 C5
And the world won't stop, and actions speak louder
G Am F G C C C C
Listen to your heart, and your heart might say
[Outro]
G Am F G G Am F G
Everything we got, we got the hard (everything we got, we got the hard way)
G Am F G C C C/E F
Everything we got, we got the hard way
C C C/E F C C C/E F
(because the world won't stop) hang on, baby...
[Instrumental]
C C C/E F C C C/E F
fade.
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
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