Mary Chapin Carpenter (nacida el 21 de febrero de 1958) es una cantante estadounidense de country y folk. Pasó varios años cantando en clubs de Washington, D.C. antes de firmar a finales de los años 80 con Columbia Records, y ser lanzada como cantante de country.
Ha ganado 5 premios Grammy, y es la única artista que ha recibido cuatro Grammys consecutivos en la categoría de mejor interpretación vocal femenina de country.1 En 2005 había vendido más de 12 millones de discos.2
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
THE HARD WAY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------ (These are the chords for the acoustic (rhythm) guitar; capo at the 2nd fret. The electric guitars play it in D with no capo. Frankly, either way is pretty easy, but I wrote the chords down for the acoustic. The tab at the end is for the electrics.) (It sounds okay to play E7 instead of G#dim7.) (I play C5 as x3x013 and G#dim7 as xx0101 or x20101.) (Each chord is half a measure.)
[Intro] (The high notes are played by one electric guitar, the low notes by another; no capo on the electrics.)
CCC/EFCCC/EF Show a little inspiration, show a little spark CCC/EFCCC/EF And show that things that drew me to you and stole my heart CCC/EFCCC/EF And tell me something I don't know instead of everything I do CCC/EFCCC/EF And look at me as if I mean something to you
[Verse 1]
GGG#dimG#dimAmAm/GD7/F#D7/F# Our hearts are beating while we sleep, but while we're wide awake FC5C5C5 You know the world won't stop, and actions speak louder FC5C5C5 Listen to your heart, and what your heart might say GAmFGCCC/EF Everything we got, we got the hard way
[Chorus 2]
CCC/EFCCC/EF Show a little passion, baby, show a little style CCC/EFCCC/EF And show the knack for knowing when and the gift for knowing how CCC/EFCCC/EF And have a little trust in us when fear obscures the path CCC/EFCCC/EF You know we got this far, darling, not by luck, but by never turning back
[Verse 2]
GGG#dimG#dimAmAm/GD7/F#D7/F# Some will call on destiny, but I just call on faith FC5C5C5 That the world won't stop, and actions speak louder FC5C5C5 Listen to your heart, to what your heart might say GAmFGCCCC Everything we got, we got the hard way
[Bridge]
Em7Em7FFCCGGsus4G Caught up in our little lives, there's not a lot left over Em7Em7Am7Am7/GF(9)F(9)Gsus4G I see what's missing in your eyes; you're searching for that field of clover
[Instrumental]
CCC/EFCCC/EF
CCC/EFCCC/EF
[Chorus 3]
CCC/EFCCC/EF So show a little inspiration, show a little spark CCC/EFCCC/EF Show the world a little light when you show it your heart GGG#dimG#dimAmD We've got two lives, one we're given and the other one we make FC5C5C5 And the world won't stop, and actions speak louder GAmFGCCCC Listen to your heart, and your heart might say
[Outro]
GAmFGGAmFG Everything we got, we got the hard (everything we got, we got the hard way) GAmFGCCC/EF Everything we got, we got the hard way CCC/EFCCC/EF (because the world won't stop) hang on, baby...