Why Walk When You Can Fly

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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

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.]

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In this world there's a whole lot of trouble, baby

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In this world there's a whole lot of pain

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In this world there's a whole lot of trouble

[N.C.]

But a whole lot of ground to gain

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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

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In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow

In this world there's a whole lot of shame

In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow

And a whole lotta ground to gain

When you spend your whole life wishing, wanting and wondering why

It's a long enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly

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In this world there's a whole lot of golden

In this world there's a whole lot of plain

In this world you've a soul for a compass

And a heart for a pair of wings

There's a star on the far horizon, rising bright in an azure sky

For the rest of the time that you're given, why walk when you can fly

high... [instrumental]

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- Adam Schneider, [email protected]