NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD (Mary Chapin Carpenter & John Jennings)
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[Each chord, or pair of chords joined by hyphens, is one measure.]
[D* means mix up a D(9) with the D. D** means play D-D11-D-Dsus-D-D11-D,
as shown in the tab at the end.]
G G C(9) D G G C(9) D
[intro]
G G C D*
No one`s got to tell me it`s over, I could see it from miles away
G C D** D**
No one`s got to tell me what I don`t already know today
G G C D*
No one`s got to tell me they`ve seen you looking like a brand new man
Em C D** D**
No one`s got to tell me you look like you`ve fallen in love again
G C G - D/F Em
`Cause you`re out of my life now with a wave of her hand
C C D** D**
You never had it so good babe, I never had it so bad
G C G - D/F Em
Now you can do what you want to and never feel sad
C D [stop] G G C(9) D
You never had it so good babe, I never had it so bad [repeat intro]
No one`s got to tell me the difference between me and the one who`s returned
No one`s got to tell me you never really got over her
No one`s got to tell me they`ve seen you looking like a brand new man
No one`s got to tell me you look like you`ve fallen in love again
`Cause you`re out of my life now with a wave of her hand
You never had it so good babe, I never had it so bad
Now you can do what you want to and never feel sad
C D [stop] G G
You never had it so good babe, I never had it so bad
C D
So you just go where you go and do what you do, and
G - G/B C
Be who you want to be
C D
But when she burns you again and your phone doesn`t ring
Em - C D D
Baby, it`s me
`Cause you`re out of my life now with a wave of her hand
You never had it so good babe, I never had it so bad
Now you can do what you want to and never feel sad
C D G - D/F Em
You never had it so good babe, I never had it so bad
C D G - D/F Em
You never had it so good babe, I never had it so bad
C D [stop] G G C D
You never had it so good babe, I never had it so bad
G G C(9) D G G C(9) D etc.
[repeat intro and fade]
TAB:
This is the D** part:
D D11 D Dsus D D11 D
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E 2---2---2-0-2-3^|3---3-2-0-2-----| A note on all these D chords: I
B 3---3---3-3-3-3^|3---3-3-3-3-----| wrote down pretty much what Mary-Chapin
G 2---2---2-0-2-2^|2---2-2-0-2-----| played on Austin City Limits, but it`s
D 0---0---0-0-0-0^|0---0-0-0-0-----| open to improvisation; I`m sure she
A ----------------|----------------| doesn`t play it the same every time.
E ----------------|----------------| (The ^ is a tie across measures.)
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
The electric guitar plays the following part in the intro and fade-out;
at the very least, the acoustic guitar does the hammer-on in the 2nd bar.
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|------------0---|0---------------|----------------|
A 2-----2---------|0=2---2---------|------3-----2---|2=0---0---------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
CHORDS:
G: 320033 in the intro; 320033 or 320003 elsewhere.
C: 332010 C(9): x32033
D: x00232 normally; see tab above for variations. D(9): x00230
D/F: 200232 Em: 022000
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
