Mary Chapin Carpenter

[Recorded in F. Mary Chapin plays in dropped-D tuning (DADGBE) in the key
of D, with a capo on the 3rd fret. John Jennings plays the lead part in
C with a capo on the 5th fret (and standard tuning).]
[All the verses aren't _exactly_ the same, but they're close enough
that I only wrote tablature for the first verse.]
[I wasn't able to write tablature for the rhythm guitar during the lead
guitar solos, because the lead guitar gets in the way. But I _have_
written down the exact chord shapes she uses.]
RHYTHM GUITAR (Mary Chapin Carpenter):
^{D G/B D(9 G/B A7sus4}
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^{intro
D(9 D(9)/F# G D/F# Em7}
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1. Last Sunday we got in the car and we drove
2. Your grandmother owned a gun in 1932
^{A7sus4 A7 Asus9 D G/B A7sus4}
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1. To the town you were raised in, your boyhood home
2. When times were bad just everywhere, you said she used it too
^{D(9 D(9)/F# G5 D/F# Em7}
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1. The trees were just turning, up on the ridge
2. And the life and times of everyone are traced inside their palms
^{A7sus4 A7 Asus9 D(9 G/B A7sus4}
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1. And this was your valley when you were a kid
2. Her skin may be so weathered, but her grip is still so strong
^{D(9 D(9)/F# G D/F# Em7}
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1. You showed me the railroad that your daddy worked on
2. And I see your eyes belong to her and too your mama too
3. And a rich man you might never be, they'd love you just the same
^{A7sus4 A7sus4 Asus9 D(9 G/B A7sus4}
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1. As we neared the old house where your granny lives on
2. A slice of Virginia sky, the clearest shade of blue
3. They've handed down so much to you besides your Christian name
^{D(9 D(9)/F# G5 D/F# Em7}
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1. She's nearing ninety years now, with her daughters by her side
2. ^{acoustic guitar solo}
3. And the spoken word won't heal you like the laying on of hands
^{A7sus4 A9 A7 Asus4 D(9 D D/C#}
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1. Who tend the places in the heart where loneliness can hide
2. ^{acoustic guitar solo}
3. Belonging to the ones who raised you to a man
^{Bm7 Asus9 G A7sus4 D(9 D(9)/C#}
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1,2,3. Raised by the women who are stronger than you know
^{Bm7 Asus9 Em7 A Asus4}
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1,2,3. A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn
^{D D(9 D(9)/C# D9/C G6/B}
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1,2,3. The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth
^{Em7 D/F# G A7}
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1,2,3. By your mother and her mother, the weavers of your cloth
^{D D(9)/C# G6/B A7 Asus4}
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1. ^instrumental (1st time: go back to beginning of verse.)
2. ^{first 4 bars of solo} (2nd time: continue with solo)
Lead guitar solo
| Gmaj7 | D | Em7 | A Asus9 |
| 5x403x | 0x023x | 2x0000 | x0222x x0220x |
| G/B A/C# | D | G A7 | Bm7(4) |
| 5x003x x4222x | 0x0232 | 5x003x x0202x | x2023x |
| E7 | E7 | Em7 | A7 |
| 2x0100 | 2x0100 | 2x0000 | x0202x |
| A7sus4 | A7 |
| x0203x | x0202x | ^{Now go back to middle of verse}
Coda
| D | Gmaj7/B | D | Gmaj7/B |
| 0x023x | x20032 | 2x0000 | x20032 |
| D A/C# | Bm7 A7 | G A7 | D ||
| 0x023x x4222x | x2023x x0202x | 5x000x x0202x | 000232 ||
LEAD GUITAR (John Jennings):
[Remember, tbis is written in C because Jennings bas a 5tb fret capo.]
First solo (end of second verse)
^{C C/E F C/E Dm7}
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^{G7sus4 G7 C C C/B Am}
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Longer solo (before third verse)
^{C G/B F/A G7}
...cloth ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
^{Fmaj7 C Dm7 G}
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^{F/A G/B C F G7 Am7}
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^{D7 D7 Dm7 G7}
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^{G7sus4 G7}
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Coda
^{C Fmaj7 D Fmaj7}
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^{C G/B Am7 G7 F G7 C}
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