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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A ROAD IS JUST A ROAD (Mary-Chapin Carpenter & John Jennings) -------------------------------------------------------------
[Actually in A; capo 2.] [Each chord is half a measure.]
GGDDGGCCGGDDGGGG [intro]
GGDD He pulled out in a cloud of dust GGCC Laying rubber and spewing rust EmEmDD And on any road he'd take CG/BAmD He'd have his foot on the pedal and my heart on the brake(break)
GGDD Underneath the smooth tar curves GGCC A road is only dust and dirt EmEmDD On a lonely interchange CAmDD The signs all look the same
GGDDCCDD 'Cause a road is just a road and a feeling's just a feeling GGDDCCDD No matter where you go, from Waterloo to Wichita GGDDCCEm/BEm/B A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on CCEm/BEm/BDDGGGG And midnight's another dawn, 100 miles ago [these two G's are only played the first time.]
His wheels spun out of sight of me Believing that I'd set him free But I'd heard the voice of the prisoner Saying he couldn't get enough of her
You go by land, you go by air You go by sea, hell I don't care You can go any way you choose Wearing out the soles of your traveling shoes
And a road is just a road and a feeling's just a feeling No matter where you go, from Bangor, Maine to Bakersfield A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on And midnight's another dawn, a hundred miles ago
[Guitar solo: same chords as chorus.]
FFCC And every sleepless night I see him GGCCCC Screaming by the scenery FFCC Not noticing another mile GGCCCCDDDD That's rolled down between him and me
'Cause a road is just a road and a feeling's just a feeling No matter where you go, from Saskatoon to San Antone A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on And midnight's another dawn, a hundred miles ago
Yes, a road is just a road and a feeling's just a feeling No matter where you go, from San Bernardino to Sault Ste. Marie A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on And midnight's another dawn, a hundred miles ago