MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - "outside looking in" Tablature

OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[I'm not quite sure about some of these chords; I especially wonder about
the intro and the bridge. As always, suggestions are welcome.]
[Actually in A; capo 2.]

G F Am Am G F Am Am
[intro]

G D/F# C/E C
Everywhere I see the signs, pointing one direction
G D/F# C/E C
No more twists or crooked turns, leaving room for doubt
G D/F# C/E C
Where I used to take the time for quiet and reflection
G D/F# C/E C
Now I only hear the noise of what I am without

G G C(9)/G C(9)/G
I see them walking hand in hand, and my eyes just want to linger
G G C(9)/G C(9)/G
On those golden wedding bands, wrapped around their fingers
F F Am7 Am7
By the time I turn away, I feel it once again
G D/F# Am7 C
I'm back in this familiar place, outside looking in

G D/F# Am7 C
[instrumental]

Baby, all the tears between us couldn't fill the spaces
And all the word we grasped at, they just fell away
I kept waiting on forgiveness to fix the broken places
But nothing even like it ever came my way

And tonight I drove around, and the street came up before me
I took a turn and then I found this old house coming toward me
I heard the sound a heart must make when a memory's caving in
Oh baby, what a hungry place, outside looking in

G D/F# Am7 C G D/F# Am7 C
[instrumental]

G G C(9) C(9)
It's the hardest kind of need that never knows a reason
G G C(9) C(9)
Are we such a lonely breed, or just born in a lonely season
Am Am F F
Baby, it's all in the eyes, it's where the reckoning begins
Am Am F F
It's where we linger like a sigh, it's where we long to be pulled in
Am Am F F
It's where we learn to say goodbye without saying anything
G D/F# Am7 C
Standing on the borderline, outside looking in

G D/F# Am7 C G D/F# Am7 C
[instrumental; repeat and fade]



- Adam Schneider, schn0170@maroon.tc.umn.edu