The Last Word

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THE LAST WORD (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------- [In concert MCC performed this in the key of F; she was playing in C  with a capo at the 5th fret (it was a segue from "This Shirt") and  John Jennings played in E with a capo on the 1st fret.  On the CD the  plays in E with the guitar tuned down 1/2 step.  These are the chords  that MCC plays so capo 3.] [In the intro the has Gsus in the middle and the has an (9).] [intro]                 You can have it I don’t want it and when you’ve got it I’ll be gone It won’t matter what you’re saying when the damage has all been done         Can’t seem to keep the faith as if that’s all I need to do   I’d rather walk away than take what belongs to you You can have it I don’t want it and when you’ve got it I’ll be gone It won’t matter what you’re saying when the damage has all been done       Some words will cut you down like you were only in the way Why should I stand ths ground it won’t hurt as much to say You can have it I don’t want it and when you’ve got it I’ll be gone It won’t matter what you’re saying when the damage has all been done       Sometimes we’re blinded by the very thing we need to see I finally realized that you need it more than you need me You can have it I don’t want it and when you’ve got it I’ll be gone It won’t matter what you’re saying when the damage has all been done   The damage has all been done        [guitar solo]                                     - Adam Schneider [email protected]