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Why Walk When You Can Fly

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN FLY (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[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, schneider@pobox.com