CARPENTER MARY CHAPIN - "middle ground" Tablature

MIDDLE GROUND (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in A, so capo at the 2nd fret]
[Each chord is about half a measure (but many measures are broken up 3:5).]

G D G D C D C D G D G D C D C D
[intro]

G D G D
For ..
C D C D
In a ..
G D G D
Twice ..
C D C D
Playing ..

She ..
Her ...
Her ..
Her ..

C D G C
She's ..
C D G C
She's ..
C D G C
Her ..
C Em C D
Except ..

G Am D D
Hey..
G Am D D
A ..
G Am D D
She ..
G Am C D
Oh, ..

G D G D C D C D
[instrumental]

verse
verse


Hey..
She ..

F F C C D G D G
She ..
F F C C A A C C
Love's ....

G Am D D G Am D D G Am D D G Am C D
[guitar solo]
G D G D C D C D
[instrumental]

verse

chorus
G Am C D G Am C D G Am C D.
Oh, to ..[instrumental]



TAB:

(Actually, these parts are played on an electric guitar with no capo,
but I've arranged it for a guitar capoed at the 2nd fret.)

Intro:

G D G D C D C D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
G 0---4-2---------|0---4-2---4-2-0-|----0-2---------|----0-2--(4-2-0) .||
D --0-------------|--0-------------|2-4-------------|2-4------------- .||
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------- ||
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
(2nd time only)

Guitar solo:

G Am D G Am D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------1---0---0-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G 0---------------|--2---2-----0-2-|4-2-0-----------|----------------|
D ----------------|----------4-----|------4-2-0---0-|----------------|
A ----------------|----------------|------------3---|2-0---0-----0-3-|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------23----|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

G Am D G Am C D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ------------1-0-|0-----------3-1-|0-3---1---------|----------------|
G ----0-----0-----|--2---2---------|----------------|--0---2---------|
D --0---4-2-------|----------------|----------------|2-----------0---|
A 2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

G D G D C D C D
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|------------3---|----------------|
G 0---4-2---------|0---4-2---4-2-0-|----0-2---------|----0-2---------|
D --0-------------|--0-------------|2-4-------------|2-4-------------|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .



- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com