Girl And Her Dog chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: G

Intro:
G  Em7  C  Am7 D
G  Em7  C  Am7 D


Verse 1:
G
Everyone asks when you're growing up
Em7
"Who do you wanna be?"
    C
I never had an answer, couldn't figure out
D
Why I couldn't see
  G
Myself as some future other
   Em7
No one's partner, no one's mother
   C
No one's answer, no one's lover
D

Nobody but me


Chorus:
        C
But the older I get the more I see
     G
That more by itself never worked for me
Em7                     G
Keeping it simple as it can be
C                  D
Walking along just him and me
C
Mornings here with a coffee cup
G
Songs in my head, looking up
       Em7            G               C
If the rain holds off we'll be in luck
          D      G     Em7  C  Am7 D
But we're lucky anyway


Verse 2:
  G
A long time ago I got married once
   Em7
It didn't take long to find
         C
That the words I heard coming out of his mouth
D
Were not the truthful kind
  G
I thought about moving to LA
Em7
Maybe upstate or the UK
   C
Anywhere as long as it's far away
D
From what I left behind


Chorus:
        C
And the older I get the more I'm sure
     G
That more by itself never was a cure
     Em7                      G
Some days I've got nothing to show for except
C                      D
Walking the dog and walking the floor
C
Mornings here with a coffee cup
G
Stories in my head, looking up
       Em7         D                  C
If the rain holds off we'll be in luck
          D     C
But we're lucky anyway


[Instrumental Break]
G  Em7 D C D
C  G  Em7 D C D G


Verse 3:
G
In summer neighbors leave tomatoes
   Em7
In fall dust coats your tires
C
Spring greens up every shadow
     Am7             D
In December we lay a fire
  G
I figure I'm finally old enough
        Em7
To know who I wanna be when I grow up
  C
A girl and her dog riding in the truck
D
Wave as we're going by


Chorus:
        C
Now the older I get the less I need
       G
Just a good old dog underneath the trees
Em7                     G
Keeping it simple as it can be
C                          D
Fitting together like a puzzle piece
G                    C
Mornings here with a coffee cup
G
Whistling for him while I'm looking up
       Em7            G               C
If the rain holds off we'll be in luck
          D      G     Em7
But we're lucky anyway
               C
We're lucky anyway


Outro:
Am7 D G  Em7  C
Am7 D  G