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