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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THIS IS LOVE (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Capo 5; tune guitar to DADF#AD (open D). I'm not 100% sure of the tuning,
but I'm at least 90% sure.]
[D=000000; D(9)=002000; Dsus=000100; G(9)=020100;
Em7(4)=220100; D/F#=400300; Gsus9=550300; Asus=x02300.]
[It sounds like there's a Bm chord in the guitar solo. If so, play it
like this: x20020.]
D D(9) Dsus D D D(9) Dsus D
[intro]
G(9) G(9) G(9) G(9) D D(9) Dsus D D D(9) Dsus D
[intro]
D D(9) Dsus Dsus
If you ever need to hear a voice in the middle of the night
D D(9) Dsus Dsus
when it seems so black outside that you can't remember
G(9) G(9) G(9) G(9) D D(9) Dsus D
light ever shone on you or the ones you love in this or another lifetime
And the voice you need to hear is the true and the trusted kind, with a soft
familiar rhythm in these swirling, unsure times, when the waves are lapping in
and you're not sure you can swim, well here's the lifeline
Em7(4) Em7(4) Em7(4) Em7(4)
If you ever need to feel a hand take up your own
D/F# D/F# D/F# D/F#
When you least expect but want it more than you've ever known
Gsus9 Gsus9 Gsus9 Gsus9 Asus Asus Asus Asus
Baby, here's that hand, and baby's here's my voice that's calling
D D(9) Dsus D Em7(4) Em7(4) Asus Asus
This is love, all that ever was and will be
D D(9) Dsus D D D(9) Dsus D
This is love
If you ever need some proof that time can heal your wounds, just step
inside my heart and walk around these rooms; where the shadows used to be,
you can feel as well as see how peace can hover
Time's been here to fix what's broken with its power and the love that
smashed us both to bits spent its last few hours calling out your name,
and I thought, this is the kind of pain from which we don't recover
But I'm standing here now with my heart held out to you
You would have thought a miracle was all that got us through
Well baby, all I know, all I know is I'm still standing
And this is love, all that ever was and will be
This is love, standing up for you baby, standing up for me
G(9) G(9) G(9) G(9)
And I see you still and there's this catch in my
Asus Asus Asus Asus
throat; And I just swallow hard till it leaves me
G(9) G(9) G(9) G(9)
There's nothing in this world that can change what we know
Asus Asus Asus Asus G(9) G(9) G(9) G(9)
Still I know I am here if you ever need me
D D(9) Dsus D Em7(4) Em7(4) Asus Asus
And this is love [guitar solo]
D D(9) Dsus D Em7(4) Em7(4) Asus Asus
[guitar solo]
D D(9) Dsus D Em7(4) Em7(4) Asus Asus
[guitar solo]
Bm? Bm? Dsus D Em7(4) Em7(4) Asus Asus
[guitar solo]
D D(9) Dsus D D D(9) Dsus D
[instrumental]
If you ever think of me, let it be around twilight, when the world has
settled down, and the last round of sunlight is waning in the sky as you
sit and watch the night descending
A car will pass out front with lovers at the wheel, a dog will bark out
back, and children's voices peal over and under the air, you've been there,
lost in the remembering
If you ever wish for things that are only in the past
Just remember that the wrong things aren't supposed to last
Baby, it's over and done, the rest is gonna come when you let it
And this is love, all that ever was and will be
This is love, when you let it baby, if you let it now
This is love, all that ever was and can be
This is love
[Repeat D D(9) Dsus D, and fade.]
- 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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
THIS IS LOVE (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
------------------------------------
[Capo 5; tune guitar to DADF#AD (open D). I'm not 100% sure of the tuning,
but I'm at least 90% sure.]
[D=000000; D(9)=002000; Dsus=000100; G(9)=020100;
Em7(4)=220100; D/F#=400300; Gsus9=550300; Asus=x02300.]
[It sounds like there's a Bm chord in the guitar solo. If so, play it
like this: x20020.]
D D(9) Dsus D D D(9) Dsus D
[intro]
G(9) G(9) G(9) G(9) D D(9) Dsus D D D(9) Dsus D
[intro]
D D(9) Dsus Dsus
If you ever need to hear a voice in the middle of the night
D D(9) Dsus Dsus
when it seems so black outside that you can't remember
G(9) G(9) G(9) G(9) D D(9) Dsus D
light ever shone on you or the ones you love in this or another lifetime
And the voice you need to hear is the true and the trusted kind, with a soft
familiar rhythm in these swirling, unsure times, when the waves are lapping in
and you're not sure you can swim, well here's the lifeline
Em7(4) Em7(4) Em7(4) Em7(4)
If you ever need to feel a hand take up your own
D/F# D/F# D/F# D/F#
When you least expect but want it more than you've ever known
Gsus9 Gsus9 Gsus9 Gsus9 Asus Asus Asus Asus
Baby, here's that hand, and baby's here's my voice that's calling
D D(9) Dsus D Em7(4) Em7(4) Asus Asus
This is love, all that ever was and will be
D D(9) Dsus D D D(9) Dsus D
This is love
If you ever need some proof that time can heal your wounds, just step
inside my heart and walk around these rooms; where the shadows used to be,
you can feel as well as see how peace can hover
Time's been here to fix what's broken with its power and the love that
smashed us both to bits spent its last few hours calling out your name,
and I thought, this is the kind of pain from which we don't recover
But I'm standing here now with my heart held out to you
You would have thought a miracle was all that got us through
Well baby, all I know, all I know is I'm still standing
And this is love, all that ever was and will be
This is love, standing up for you baby, standing up for me
G(9) G(9) G(9) G(9)
And I see you still and there's this catch in my
Asus Asus Asus Asus
throat; And I just swallow hard till it leaves me
G(9) G(9) G(9) G(9)
There's nothing in this world that can change what we know
Asus Asus Asus Asus G(9) G(9) G(9) G(9)
Still I know I am here if you ever need me
D D(9) Dsus D Em7(4) Em7(4) Asus Asus
And this is love [guitar solo]
D D(9) Dsus D Em7(4) Em7(4) Asus Asus
[guitar solo]
D D(9) Dsus D Em7(4) Em7(4) Asus Asus
[guitar solo]
Bm? Bm? Dsus D Em7(4) Em7(4) Asus Asus
[guitar solo]
D D(9) Dsus D D D(9) Dsus D
[instrumental]
If you ever think of me, let it be around twilight, when the world has
settled down, and the last round of sunlight is waning in the sky as you
sit and watch the night descending
A car will pass out front with lovers at the wheel, a dog will bark out
back, and children's voices peal over and under the air, you've been there,
lost in the remembering
If you ever wish for things that are only in the past
Just remember that the wrong things aren't supposed to last
Baby, it's over and done, the rest is gonna come when you let it
And this is love, all that ever was and will be
This is love, when you let it baby, if you let it now
This is love, all that ever was and can be
This is love
[Repeat D D(9) Dsus D, and fade.]
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
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