Never Had It So Good chords by Mary-Chapin Carpenter

Chords with lyrics

NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD (Mary Chapin Carpenter & John Jennings)
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[Each chord, or pair of chords joined by hyphens, is one measure.]
[D* means mix up a D(9) with the D. D** means play D-D11-D-Dsus-D-D11-D,
 as shown in the tab at the end.]

G+G  G+G  C(9)  D MajorD   G+G  G+G  C(9)  D MajorD
[intro]

G+G              G+G             C majorC    D*
No ..
G+G              C majorC         D**   D**
No ..
G+G                G+G     C majorC            D*
No ..
E minorEm            C majorC           D**        D**
No ..

            G+G    C majorC        G+G - D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
'Cause ..
         C majorC      C majorC        D**  D**
You ..
             G+G   C majorC     G+G  -  D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
Now ..
         C majorC      D MajorD [stop]     G+G  G+G  C(9)  D MajorD
You ..[repeat intro]

No ..
No ..
No ..
No ..

'Cause ..
You ..
Now ..
         C majorC      D MajorD [stop]     G+G  G+G
You ..

      C majorC          D MajorD
So ..
G+G   -  G/BG/B   C majorC
Be ..
       C majorC            D MajorD
But ...
E minorEm - C majorC    D MajorD  D MajorD
 Baby, it's me

'Cause ..
You ..
Now ..
         C majorC      D MajorD        G+G - D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
You ..
         C majorC      D MajorD        G+G - D/F#D/F#  E minorEm
You ..
         C majorC      D MajorD [stop]    G+G   G+G  C majorC  D MajorD
You ..

G+G  G+G  C(9)  D MajorD   G+G  G+G  C(9)  D MajorD   etc.
[repeat intro and fade]

TAB:

This is the D** part:

 D MajorD    D11D11 D MajorD DsusDsus   D MajorD D11D11 D MajorD
 |    \ | |    | | /
E MajorE 2---2---2-0-2-3^|3---3-2-0-2-----|  A augmentedA note on all these D MajorD chords: I
BB 3---3---3-3-3-3^|3---3-3-3-3-----| wrote down pretty much what Mary-Chapin
G+G 2---2---2-0-2-2^|2---2-2-0-2-----| played on "Austin City Limits," but it's
D MajorD 0---0---0-0-0-0^|0---0-0-0-0-----| open to improvisation; I'm sure she
A augmentedA ----------------|----------------| doesn't play it the same every time.
E MajorE ----------------|----------------| (The ^ is a tie across measures.)
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

The electric guitar plays the following part in the intro and fade-out;
at the very least, the acoustic guitar does the hammer-on in the 2nd bar.

E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D MajorD ----------------|------------0---|0---------------|----------------|
A augmentedA 2-----2---------|0=2---2---------|------3-----2---|2=0---0---------|
E MajorE ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


CHORDS:

G: 320033 in the intro; 320033 or 320003 elsewhere.
C: 332010      C(9): x32033
D: x00232 normally; see tab above for variations. D(9): x00230
D/F#: 200232    Em: 022000


- Adam Schneider, [email protected]