Mary Chapin Carpenter

[These chords are from Wynonna Judd's recorded version; the version that
Mary Chapin Carpenter does in concert is almost identical, except MCC
plays these chords with a capo on the third fret, raising it to C.]
[Eacb cbord represents two beats, or balf of a measure.]
[Play most of the chords with a typical rock 'n' roll feel, with sixths
on the offbeats (see tab at end of file). Play sevenths if you want.]
n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c. n.c n.c. n.c. n.c. A A A A
^{electric guitar intro wbole band}
She ^A turned fif ^A teen with gr ^D eat expec ^A tations
Her ^A older brother ^A knew that s ^E omething was ^A up
He ^A caught her going ^A through his ^D record coll ^A ection
^A Looking at H ^A endrix like a ^E lovesick ^A pup
She ^E begged and she ^E pleaded 'til D ^D ad finally ^A listened
He ^E drove her in the ^E car down to ^F#m Sears Roe ^D buck
He ^E bought her that gui ^E tar and th ^D at was the be ^A ginning
Now she's ^B down in the ^B cellar with the ^E amp turned ^E up ^D guit ^A ar b ^E reak #1]
G ^A irls with gui ^A tars ( ^D Daddy's little ^A angel)
G ^A irls with gui ^A tars ( ^E What's the world ^D coming to)
G ^A irls with gui ^A tars ( ^D Mothers tend to ^A worry 'bout)
G ^A irls with gui ^A tars ^{E A
A} [ins ^A trum ^D enta ^A l] ^{A A E A}
Well, Saturday nights she followed her brother
It was socks and stockings on the old gym floor
While everybody danced to garage band covers
She was checking out riffs and memorizing chords
She didn't care at all for the football heroes
She didn't even notice the basketball stars
Boys as a species were all a bunch of zeros

Except for the ones that played that guitar ^{guitar break #2}
Ahh, girls with guitars (She wasn't any debutante)
Girls with guitars (She didn't go out for cheerleading)
Girls with guitars (Boys are kind of nervous 'round)
Girls with guitars
She ^D went off to ^D college, she ^G got her degr ^G ee
Her ^A parents breathed a ^A sigh of ^E great rel ^A ief
^D Daddy's thinking ^D law school, ^G mother's thinking ^G medicine
^C Daughter's thinking ^C how she's gonna ^E break the n ^E ews to ^E them ^E
A [gui ^A tar ^D solo ^A ] ^{A A E A
A} [gui ^A tar ^D solo ^A ] ^{A A E A}
Now there's an old Chevy van just sitting in the driveway
Filled to the gills with all her stuff
She cut a deal with her brother to drive it up the highway
Figures New York City is close enough
She gets the audition through a friend of a friend
Who's checking out her legs, saying this'll never work
She flips on her Boogie and turns to the band
B B E n.c. n.c.
Gives a little grin and blows away the jerk ^{guitar break #3}
Girls with guitars (Now everybody's rocking)
Girls with guitars (There oughta be a song about)
Girls with guitars (There's just no stopping those)
Girls with guitars
^{A A D A} Get your ^A money for ^A nothing and your ^E guys for fr ^A ee
A A D A A A E A.
^instrumental
RHYTHM:
^{This is just a suggestion to give a feelfor the song:
A D A}
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
GUITAR BREAK #1:
^{E D A E}
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
...turned up
GUITAR BREAK #2 ("Smoke on the Water"):
^{E E5 G5 A5 E5 G5 Bb5 A5}
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
..that guitar
GUITAR BREAK #3 ("Sunshine of Your Love"):
[There are about a million different positions to play this in,
since it's probably the most well-known riff in rock music. I've
given a couple possibilities, but play it however you want:]

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- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com