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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OTHER STREETS AND OTHER TOWNS (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[Each chord is one 2/2 measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen are
one measure _total_; capo 5]
G G F(9) F(9) G G F(9) F(9)
[intro]
C G F F
The whippoorwills were crying in the falling rain
C G F F
Far away a whistle hailed a passing train
Am G F G
Out in the country summer was almost gone
Am Em F G G
The fields were turning rusty and the hills were turning brown
C G F F
Now I think of you when summer stars are on the rise
C G F F
I think of you with a bottle of wine and lazy eyes
Am G F G
Playing rock and roll songs on an old guitar
Am Em F Gsus - G Gsus - G
Getting drunk and sleeping out in my backyard
F G C - G/B Am - G
Now sometimes I just lie awake and I hear the wind
F G C - G/B Am - G
Blowing through the seasons of my heart again
F G Am F
My dreams are mostly lost and found on other streets, in other towns
F G C G F F C G F F
But babe, you know, I still look out for you
The cars were all abandoned on the city streets
When snow had left us stranded then we used our feet
And wound up drinking whiskey in a crowded bar
And now when it starts storming I wonder where you are
'Cause you said that I was crazy to believe in you
You said to never trust a man who sings the blues
Well trust and that old guitar was all you'd ever need
If you found a way to love the girl in me
[Chorus]
[Guitar solo: C G F F etc.]
Other boys I knew were just like shiny dimes
Tossed and spent, they came and went a hundred times
Nothing was as rough on me as giving up on you
Now it seems like every bar in town's got boys who sing the blues
[Chorus]
[Fade-out: F(9) F(9) C(9) C(9) etc.]
- 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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
OTHER STREETS AND OTHER TOWNS (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
-----------------------------------------------------
[Each chord is one 2/2 measure, except two chords joined by a hyphen are
one measure _total_; capo 5]
G G F(9) F(9) G G F(9) F(9)
[intro]
C G F F
The whippoorwills were crying in the falling rain
C G F F
Far away a whistle hailed a passing train
Am G F G
Out in the country summer was almost gone
Am Em F G G
The fields were turning rusty and the hills were turning brown
C G F F
Now I think of you when summer stars are on the rise
C G F F
I think of you with a bottle of wine and lazy eyes
Am G F G
Playing rock and roll songs on an old guitar
Am Em F Gsus - G Gsus - G
Getting drunk and sleeping out in my backyard
F G C - G/B Am - G
Now sometimes I just lie awake and I hear the wind
F G C - G/B Am - G
Blowing through the seasons of my heart again
F G Am F
My dreams are mostly lost and found on other streets, in other towns
F G C G F F C G F F
But babe, you know, I still look out for you
The cars were all abandoned on the city streets
When snow had left us stranded then we used our feet
And wound up drinking whiskey in a crowded bar
And now when it starts storming I wonder where you are
'Cause you said that I was crazy to believe in you
You said to never trust a man who sings the blues
Well trust and that old guitar was all you'd ever need
If you found a way to love the girl in me
[Chorus]
[Guitar solo: C G F F etc.]
Other boys I knew were just like shiny dimes
Tossed and spent, they came and went a hundred times
Nothing was as rough on me as giving up on you
Now it seems like every bar in town's got boys who sing the blues
[Chorus]
[Fade-out: F(9) F(9) C(9) C(9) etc.]
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
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