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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THE LAST WORD (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------- [In concert, MCC performed this in the key of F; she was playing in C with a capo at the 5th fret (it was a segue from "This Shirt"), and John Jennings played in E with a capo on the 1st fret. On the CD, the song is in Eb; she plays in C with a capo at the 3rd fret, and Jennings plays in E with the guitar tuned down 1/2 step. These are the chords that MCC plays, so capo 3.] [In the intro, the G has a Gsus in the middle, and the F has an F(9).]
CGFGCGFG [intro]
CGFGCGFG You can have it, I don't want it, and when you've got it, I'll be gone AmGCFCGC - CsusC It won't matter what you're saying when the damage has all been done
Dm7C/EFG Can't seem to keep the faith, as if that's all I need to do Dm7C/EFG - Gsus - G I'd rather walk away than take what belongs to you
You can have it, I don't want it, and when you've got it, I'll be gone It won't matter what you're saying when the damage has all been done
Some words will cut you down like you were only in the way Why should I stand ths ground, it won't hurt as much to say
You can have it, I don't want it, and when you've got it, I'll be gone It won't matter what you're saying when the damage has all been done
Sometimes we're blinded by the very thing we need to see I finally realized that you need it more than you need me
CGFGCGFG You can have it, I don't want it, and when you've got it, I'll be gone AmGCFCGAmF It won't matter what you're saying when the damage has all been done CGF(9)Gsus - G The damage has all been done