IT DON`T BRING YOU (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in F; capo up five frets. It`s easier if you tune low E up to F.]
[The whole song follows this same pattern, except at the end of the verses,
it stays on Fmaj9 for an extra measure. The song ends on F.]
C C/B Am7 Am7/G Fmaj9
E 0-----0-----0-----0-----|------0-----------0-----|
B --1-----1-----1-----1---|--------1-----------1---|
G ----0-----0-----0-----0-|------0---0-------0---0-|
D ------------------------|----3-----------3-------|
A 3-----2-----0-----------|--3-----------3---------|
E ------------------3-----|1-----------1-----------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
C - C/B - Am7 - Am7/G Fmaj9
Well I know it ain`t been roses lately, baby, it`s just been thorns
And no matter what we do, nothing seems to change
Love has always been my shelter, for you it`s been a storm
But for a while I thought we`d almost beat the rain
Now there`s a hole here in my pocket where all my dreams have gone
Fallen out like so many nickels and dimes
And last of all you, you`d always been my good luck charm
I should`ve known that luck`s a waste of time
`Cause it don`t bring you love if you don`t love
And it don`t bring you time if you ain`t got time
And it don`t bring you strength, baby, if you ain`t strong
And it don`t bring you kindness if you ain`t kind
Now there`s a whole lot of life to be unsure of
But there`s one thing I can safely say I know
That of all the things that finally desert us
Pride is always the last thing to go
But it won`t bring you love if you don`t love
And it won`t bring you time if you ain`t got time
And it won`t bring you strength, baby, if you ain`t strong
And it won`t bring you kindness if you ain`t kind
Dm7 G C F Dm E+ - Fm6 C Gsus - G - G(9) - G
[Guitar solo; see below]
And now I wish you only roses, baby, without the thorns
And I hope your dreams are always within reach
And I wish you shelter, baby, from all your storms
They scared you, but they never seemed to teach
That I can`t bring you love if you don`t love
And I can`t bring you time if you ain`t got time
And I can`t bring you strength, baby, if you ain`t strong
And I can`t bring you kindness if you ain`t kind
And I can`t bring you kindness if you ain`t kind
Here`s my rendition of the guitar solo (`t`aint perfect, I know):
~ means bend it up a half-step, then back down again.
// is a slide.
There`s a few hammer-ons/pull-offs that I couldn`t notate because
there was no room between the numbers; you can figure `em out.
Dm7 Gsus G G/F F
E ------|------------------------|------------------------|
B --0-1-|1-------------------1310|1----10-----0-------0-1-|
G 2-----|--2-2-------------------|----------------2-------|
D ------|------------------------|--------------0---------|
A ------|------------------------|------------------------|
E +-----|+-----+-----+-----+-----|+-----+-----+-----+-----|
C F Dm
E --------------------0//3|31--------------------0-|1-----------------------|
B ------------------01----|--1---------------1-3---|-3----------------5~5-35|
G 0-----------------------|---2--------------------|--2---------------------|
D ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E +-----+-----+-----+-----|+-----+-----+-----+-----|+-----+-----+-----+-----|
(bend)
E+ Fm6 C/G Gsus G G(9) G
E ------------------------|--------------------0---|------------------------|
B 5-------31--31----------|------------------1---3-|1--31-0-----------------|
G --------------1-----3-1-|0-----------------------|------------2-----0-----|
D ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E +-----+-----+-----+-----|+-----+-----+-----+-----|+-----+-----+-----+-----|
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
