I Take My Chances chords by Mary-Chapin Carpenter

I TAKE MY CHANCES (Mary-Chapin Carpenter & Don Schlitz)
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[Actually in C, so capo at the 5th fret; each chord is half a measure.]

G  D  C  C    G  D  C  C
[intro]

G        D            Em       C
I ..
         G         D       C     C
On ..
    G           D            Em        C
I ..
         G           D            C   C
Just ..
     Em          Bm             C             C
Now ..
          Em        D        C   C
And ..
      G              D             Em        C
But ..
       G           G/B       C    C
I say ..

   (C)       G    D   C    C          G          D      C   C
I ..
   (C)       G    D   C    C        G           D         C   C
I ..

verse

I take ..
I take ..

G  D  C  C    G  D  C  C    G  D  C  C    G  D  C  C
[guitar solo]

verse

chorus

[Repeat G D C C; end on G.]

[Concert ad-lib lyrics:]



TAB:

The electric guitar actually plays this in C with no capo.  These are the
right notes; I'm not sure about the exact fingerings.

  C       G        F                C       G        F
E ----0-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --1-----3-----1-|------1---------|----1---0-------|----------------|
G 0---------4-----|--2-------0---0-|--0-------0---2-|------0---------|
D ------------5---|----3-------3---|2-----------0---|--3-------3---3-|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----3-------3---|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Here it is in G, if you want to play it with the capo on the 5th fret:

  G       D        C                G       D        C
E ----7---5-----3-|------3---------|----3---2-----0-|----------------|
B --8-------7-----|--5-------3---3-|--3-------3-----|------3---------|
G 7-----------7---|----5-------5---|4-----------2---|--5-------5--5--|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----5-------5---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .



- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com