#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. #
#——————————————————————————#
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
D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C
[instrumental]
D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C
[instrumental]
C C G G Am G/B C C D G C C Em Em C C
[instrumental]
D G C C
In this world there’s a whole lot of sorrow
D G C C
In this world there’s a whole lot of shame
D G C C
In this world there’s a whole lot of sorrow
Em Em C C
And a whole lotta ground to gain
C C G G Am G/B C C
When you spend your whole life wishing, wanting and wondering why
D G C C Em Em C C
It’s a long enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly
C C G G Am G/B C C D G C C Em Em C C
[instrumental]
D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C
[instrumental]
D G C C
In this world there’s a whole lot of golden
D G C C
In this world there’s a whole lot of plain
D G C C
In this world you’ve a soul for a compass
Em Em C C
And a heart for a pair of wings
C C G G Am G/B C C
There’s a star on the far horizon, rising bright in an azure sky
D G C C Em Em C C
For the rest of the time that you’re given, why walk when you can fly
D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C
high… [instrumental]
D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C
[instrumental]
D G C C D G C C D G C C Em Em C C.
[instrumental]
– Adam Schneider, [email protected]
