Never Had It So Good chords by Mary-Chapin Carpenter

NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD (Mary Chapin Carpenter & John Jennings)
------------------------------------------------------------
[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   C(9)   D     G   G   C(9)   D
[intro]

G                            G                         C        D*
No ..
G                            C                 D**     D**
No ..
G                               G         C                       D*
No ..
Em                       C                     D**                D**
No ..

                        G       C                G  -  D/F#    Em
'Cause ..
                  C           C                D**   D**
You ..
                         G     C          G   -   D/F#    Em
Now ..
                  C           D [stop]         G    G    C(9)    D
You ..[repeat intro]

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

'Cause ..
You ..
Now ..
                  C           D [stop]         G    G
You ..

            C                   D
So ..
G     -    G/B     C
Be ..
             C                        D
But ...
Em - C        D    D
  Baby, it's me

'Cause ..
You ..
Now ..
                  C           D                G  -  D/F#   Em
You ..
                  C           D                G  -  D/F#   Em
You ..
                  C           D [stop]        G     G   C   D
You ..

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


TAB:

This is the D** part:

  D       D11 D Dsus     D D11 D
  |        \  | |        | |  /
E 2---2---2-0-2-3^|3---3-2-0-2-----|    A note on all these D chords: I
B 3---3---3-3-3-3^|3---3-3-3-3-----| wrote down pretty much what Mary-Chapin
G 2---2---2-0-2-2^|2---2-2-0-2-----| played on "Austin City Limits," but it's
D 0---0---0-0-0-0^|0---0-0-0-0-----| open to improvisation; I'm sure she
A ----------------|----------------| doesn't play it the same every time.
E ----------------|----------------| (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 ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D ----------------|------------0---|0---------------|----------------|
A 2-----2---------|0=2---2---------|------3-----2---|2=0---0---------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .


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, schneider@pobox.com