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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WHEN SHE'S GONE (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in F; capo 5.]
[The lines that are just F and C actually have some F(9)'s and C(9)'s in
them; that's all spelled out at the end.]
F C
She threw her purse upon the bed
F C
She looked around and shook her head
F C
There's really nothing left, she said
G C
There's nothing I ain't done
F C
She wore your favorite dress tonight
F C
She hoped her hair would catch the light
F C
And you just sat there gettin' tight
G C
On double shots of rum
Am F
You don't care what people say
G C
They're gonna say it anyway
Am F
You don't hear what you can't use
G C
It's always been the same old news
Am F
You don't beg and you don't plead
G C
Or miss a thing that you don't need
F C
She knew by the way you kissed her
G C
When she's gone, you won't miss her
F C F C F C G C
[instrumental]
Morning comes on an old cat's paws
And when the sun hits the walls
The light's as bright as it ever was
After or before
And you wince as waking pounds your head
And you drag your arm across the bed
And the tangled sheets and the twisted spread
Fall onto the floor
And the kitchen table finds you silent
If you had a thought, now you can't find it
You take a long drag on your smoke
And taste your coffee growing cold
She didn't beg and you didn't plead
She knew exactly how to leave
The way she knew when you kissed her
When she's gone, you won't miss her
She didn't beg and you didn't plead
She knew exactly when to leave
The way she knew as you kissed her
When she's gone, you won't miss her
F C F C F C G C
[Instrumental; repeat and fade]
Here's the strumming pattern for most of the song. The funny-looking
lines are musical notes. The numbers above the notes are just the relative
durations, for the benefit of the notationally impaired.
The first chord of each line is actually just a single note, or perhaps
just the two or three lowest strings. The last C(9) in the first two lines
is only played sometimes; other times, it's just an eighth note at the end
of the measure, and other times there's _no_ chord after the C*.
F: x33211 or 133211 (fret the E string with your thumb)
F(9): x33011 or 133011 (fret the E string with your thumb)
C(9): 330010
C*: hammer-on (quickly) from 330010 to 332010
C: 332010
G: 320003
Am: x02210
2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2
| +--+--+--+ | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / . / . /
F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)
2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2
| +--+--+--+ | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / . / . /
F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)
2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2
| +--+--+--+ | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / . / . /
F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)
2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1
| +--+ | | | | +--+--+
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / . / / / /
G G G G G C C C C C
For the other parts (e.g., the Am F G C part), it's never very complex;
mostly just like this:
2 1 1 2 1 1
| +--+ | +--+
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
- 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. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
WHEN SHE'S GONE (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
---------------------------------------
[Actually in F; capo 5.]
[The lines that are just F and C actually have some F(9)'s and C(9)'s in
them; that's all spelled out at the end.]
F C
She threw her purse upon the bed
F C
She looked around and shook her head
F C
There's really nothing left, she said
G C
There's nothing I ain't done
F C
She wore your favorite dress tonight
F C
She hoped her hair would catch the light
F C
And you just sat there gettin' tight
G C
On double shots of rum
Am F
You don't care what people say
G C
They're gonna say it anyway
Am F
You don't hear what you can't use
G C
It's always been the same old news
Am F
You don't beg and you don't plead
G C
Or miss a thing that you don't need
F C
She knew by the way you kissed her
G C
When she's gone, you won't miss her
F C F C F C G C
[instrumental]
Morning comes on an old cat's paws
And when the sun hits the walls
The light's as bright as it ever was
After or before
And you wince as waking pounds your head
And you drag your arm across the bed
And the tangled sheets and the twisted spread
Fall onto the floor
And the kitchen table finds you silent
If you had a thought, now you can't find it
You take a long drag on your smoke
And taste your coffee growing cold
She didn't beg and you didn't plead
She knew exactly how to leave
The way she knew when you kissed her
When she's gone, you won't miss her
She didn't beg and you didn't plead
She knew exactly when to leave
The way she knew as you kissed her
When she's gone, you won't miss her
F C F C F C G C
[Instrumental; repeat and fade]
Here's the strumming pattern for most of the song. The funny-looking
lines are musical notes. The numbers above the notes are just the relative
durations, for the benefit of the notationally impaired.
The first chord of each line is actually just a single note, or perhaps
just the two or three lowest strings. The last C(9) in the first two lines
is only played sometimes; other times, it's just an eighth note at the end
of the measure, and other times there's _no_ chord after the C*.
F: x33211 or 133211 (fret the E string with your thumb)
F(9): x33011 or 133011 (fret the E string with your thumb)
C(9): 330010
C*: hammer-on (quickly) from 330010 to 332010
C: 332010
G: 320003
Am: x02210
2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2
| +--+--+--+ | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / . / . /
F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)
2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2
| +--+--+--+ | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / . / . /
F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)
2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2
| +--+--+--+ | | | |
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / . / . /
F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)
2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1
| +--+ | | | | +--+--+
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / . / / / /
G G G G G C C C C C
For the other parts (e.g., the Am F G C part), it's never very complex;
mostly just like this:
2 1 1 2 1 1
| +--+ | +--+
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
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