Carpenter Mary Chapin

Carpenter Mary Chapin - When Shes Gone guitar tab

WHEN SHE'S GONE (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)

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[Actually in F; capo 5.]

[The lines that are just F and C actually have some F(9)'s and C(9)'s in

them; that's all spelled out at the end.]

F C

She threw her purse upon the bed

F C

She looked around and shook her head

F C

There's really nothing left, she said

G C

There's nothing I ain't done

F C

She wore your favorite dress tonight

F C

She hoped her hair would catch the light

F C

And you just sat there gettin' tight

G C

On double shots of rum

Am F

You don't care what people say

G C

They're gonna say it anyway

Am F

You don't hear what you can't use

G C

It's always been the same old news

Am F

You don't beg and you don't plead

G C

Or miss a thing that you don't need

F C

She knew by the way you kissed her

G C

When she's gone, you won't miss her

F C F C F C G C

[instrumental]

Morning comes on an old cat's paws

And when the sun hits the walls

The light's as bright as it ever was

After or before

And you wince as waking pounds your head

And you drag your arm across the bed

And the tangled sheets and the twisted spread

Fall onto the floor

And the kitchen table finds you silent

If you had a thought, now you can't find it

You take a long drag on your smoke

And taste your coffee growing cold

She didn't beg and you didn't plead

She knew exactly how to leave

The way she knew when you kissed her

When she's gone, you won't miss her

She didn't beg and you didn't plead

She knew exactly when to leave

The way she knew as you kissed her

When she's gone, you won't miss her

F C F C F C G C

[Instrumental; repeat and fade]

Here's the strumming pattern for most of the song. The funny-looking

lines are musical notes. The numbers above the notes are just the relative

durations, for the benefit of the notationally impaired.

The first chord of each line is actually just a single note, or perhaps

just the two or three lowest strings. The last C(9) in the first two lines

is only played sometimes; other times, it's just an eighth note at the end

of the measure, and other times there's _no_ chord after the C*.

F: x33211 or 133211 (fret the E string with your thumb)

F(9): x33011 or 133011 (fret the E string with your thumb)

C(9): 330010

C*: hammer-on (quickly) from 330010 to 332010

C: 332010

G: 320003

Am: x02210

2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2

| +--+--+--+ | | | |

| | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / . / . /

F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)

2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2

| +--+--+--+ | | | |

| | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / . / . /

F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)

2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2

| +--+--+--+ | | | |

| | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / . / . /

F F F F F(9) F(9) C(9) C* C(9)

2 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1

| +--+ | | | | +--+--+

| | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / . / / / /

G G G G G C C C C C

For the other parts (e.g., the Am F G C part), it's never very complex;

mostly just like this:

2 1 1 2 1 1

| +--+ | +--+

| | | | | |

/ / / / / /

- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

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