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!
WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN FLY (Mary Chapin Carpenter) [I've no idea how Mary Chapin Carpenter plays this song. In concert, she plays it with a capo on the 7th fret. Since the song is in B, that would mean she's playing in E, and the verse chords are B E A A. She's clearly using a very strange tuning, because I can't for the life of me figure out how she's getting those chords out of the positions she uses. Any ideas?] [I'm going to write these chords down in the key of G, since I know that's where John Jennings plays them, with a capo on the 4th fret.]
N.C. In this world there's a whole lot of trouble, baby N.C. In this world there's a whole lot of pain N.C. In this world there's a whole lot of trouble N.C. But a whole lot of ground to gain N.C. Why take when you could be giving, why watch as the world goes by N.C. It's a hard enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly
DGCC In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow DGCC In this world there's a whole lot of shame DGCC In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow EmEmCC And a whole lotta ground to gain CCGGAmG/BCC When you spend your whole life wishing, wanting and wondering why DGCCEmEmCC It's a long enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly
CCGGAmG/BCCDGCCEmEmCC DGCCDGCCDGCCEmEmCC
DGCC In this world there's a whole lot of golden DGCC In this world there's a whole lot of plain DGCC In this world you've a soul for a compass EmEmCC And a heart for a pair of wings CCGGAmG/BCC There's a star on the far horizon, rising bright in an azure sky DGCCEmEmCC For the rest of the time that you're given, why walk when you can fly
DGCCDGCCDGCCEmEmCC high.. DGCCDGCCDGCCEmEmCC DGCCDGCCDGCCEmEmC C.