Why Walk When You Can Fly
Mary Chapin Carpenter
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.] N.C. In this world there’s a whole lot of trouble baby N.C. In this world there’s a whole lot of pain N.C. In this world there’s a whole lot of trouble N.C. But a whole lot of ground to gain N.C. 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 / 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 / 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.. . - Adam Schneider