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I Feel Lucky Tab

by Mary Chapin Carpenter



I FEEL LUCKY (Mary-Chapin Carpenter & Don Schlitz)
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[Actually in B; capo at the 7th fret]

                       
[intro]

                                    
Well I woke up this morning stumbled out of my rack
                            
I opened up the paper to the page in the back
                            
It only took a moment for my finger to find
                          
My daily dose of destiny, under my sign
                         
My eyes just about popped out of my head
              [stop]                            n..
It said "the stars are stacked against you girl, get back in bed"

                          
I feel lucky, I feel lucky, yeah
                       
No Professor Doom gonna stand in my way
 [stop]         n..                     
   Mmmmm, I feel lucky today    [instrumental]

Well I strolled down to the corner, gave my numbers to the clerk
The pot's eleven million so I called in sick to work
I bought a pack of Camels, a burrito and a Barq's
Crossed against the light, made a beeline for the park
The sky began to thunder, wind began to moan
I heard a voice above me saying, "girl, you better get back home"

But I feel lucky, oh oh oh, I feel lucky, yeah
No tropical depression gonna steal my sun away
Mmmmm, I feel lucky today

                              
[Guitar solo]

 [stop]
Now eleven million later, I was sitting at the bar
()    [stop]
I'd bought the house a double, and the waitress a new car
        [stop]
Dwight Yoakam's in the corner, trying to catch my eye
()   [stop]
Lyle Lovett's right beside me with his hand upon my thigh
()     [stop]                  [stop]
  The moral of this story, it's simple but it's true
                                
Hey the stars might lie, but the numbers never do

I feel lucky, oh oh oh, I feel lucky, yeah
Hey Dwight, hey Lyle, boys, you don't have to fight
Hot dog, I'm feeling lucky tonight

I feel lucky, brrrrr, I feel lucky, yeah
Think I'll flip a coin, I'm a winner either way
Mmmmmm, I feel lucky today
                           n..      () ()            
[piano solo]                      [piano break]            [crescendo]  [stop]


TAB:

(Don't forget the capo on the 7th fret.)

Play the E measures     And the A measures
like this:              like this:

|----------------|      |----------------|
|----------------|      |----------------|
|----------------|      |2---2---2---2---|
|2---2---2---2---|      |2---4---2---4---|
|2---4---2---4---|      |0---0---0---0---|
|0---0---0---0---|      |----------------|
 ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .         ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

I'm not sure about B.  It might be x244xx and x264xx (like A), or it might
just be x244xx.

For the very beginning of the song, slide into the first E with 011xxx.