WHY WALK WHEN YOU CAN FLY (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------------- [I've no idea how Mary Chapin Carpenter plays this song. In concert, she plays it with a capo on the 7th fret. Since the song is in B, that would mean she's playing in E, and the verse chords are B E A A. She's clearly using a very strange tuning, because I can't for the life of me figure out how she's getting those chords out of the positions she uses. Any ideas?] [I'm going to write these chords down in the key of G, since I know that's where John Jennings plays them, with a capo on the 4th fret.] n.. In this world there's a whole lot of trouble, baby n.. In this world there's a whole lot of pain n.. In this world there's a whole lot of trouble n.. But a whole lot of ground to gain n.. Why take when you could be giving, why watch as the world goes by n.. It's a hard enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly [instrumental] [instrumental] /B [instrumental] In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow In this world there's a whole lot of shame In this world there's a whole lot of sorrow And a whole lotta ground to gain /B When you spend your whole life wishing, wanting and wondering why It's a long enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly /B [instrumental] [instrumental] In this world there's a whole lot of golden In this world there's a whole lot of plain In this world you've a soul for a compass And a heart for a pair of wings /B There's a star on the far horizon, rising bright in an azure sky For the rest of the time that you're given, why walk when you can fly high... [instrumental] [instrumental] . [instrumental]