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
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#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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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, [email protected]
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
I FEEL LUCKY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter & Don Schlitz)
--------------------------------------------------
[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, [email protected]
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