{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":64457,"song":"Why Walk When You Can Fly","artist":"Mary Chapin Carpenter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11542992-why-walk-when-you-can-fly-chords-by-mary-chapin-carpenter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/64457?type=chord","rating":4.27604,"votes":20,"content":" plays it with a capo on the 7th fret.  Since the song is in B, that would\r\n mean she's playing in E, and the verse chords are B E A A.  She's clearly\r\n using a very strange tuning, because I can't for the life of me figure out\r\n how she's getting those chords out of the positions she uses.  Any ideas?]\r\n[I'm going to write these chords down in the key of G, since I know that's\r\n where John Jennings plays them, with a capo on the 4th fret.]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nIn this world there's a whole lot of trouble, baby\r\nN.C.\r\nIn this world there's a whole lot of pain\r\nN.C.\r\nIn this world there's a whole lot of trouble\r\nN.C.\r\nBut a whole lot of ground to gain\r\nN.C.\r\nWhy take when you could be giving, why watch as the world goes by\r\nN.C.\r\nIt's a hard enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly\r\n\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn this world there's a whole lot of sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn this world there's a whole lot of shame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn this world there's a whole lot of sorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a whole lotta ground to gain[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G/B[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen you spend your whole life wishing,   wanting and wondering why[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a long enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn this world there's a whole lot of golden[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn this world there's a whole lot of plain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn this world you've a soul for a compass[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd a heart for a pair of wings[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's a star on the far horizon, rising bright in an azure sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the rest of the time that you're given, why walk when you can fly[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nhigh..[/tab]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  C.\r","plain_text":"plays it with a capo on the 7th fret.  Since the song is in B, that would\n mean she's playing in E, and the verse chords are B E A A.  She's clearly\n using a very strange tuning, because I can't for the life of me figure out\n how she's getting those chords out of the positions she uses.  Any ideas?]\n[I'm going to write these chords down in the key of G, since I know that's\n where John Jennings plays them, with a capo on the 4th fret.]\n\nN.C.\nIn this world there's a whole lot of trouble, baby\nN.C.\nIn this world there's a whole lot of pain\nN.C.\nIn this world there's a whole lot of trouble\nN.C.\nBut a whole lot of ground to gain\nN.C.\nWhy take when you could be giving, why watch as the world goes by\nN.C.\nIt's a hard enough life to be living, why walk when you can fly\n\nD  G  C  C    D  G  C  C    D  G  C  C    Em  Em  C  C\nD  G  C  C    D  G  C  C    D  G  C  C    Em  Em  C  C\nC  C  G  G    Am  G/B  C  C D  G  C  C    Em  Em  C  C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC  C  G  G    Am  G/B  C  C   D  G  C  C    Em  Em  C  C\nD  G  C  C    D  G  C  C      D  G  C  C    Em  Em  C  C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  G  C  C    D  G  C  C    D  G  C  C    Em  Em  C  C\nD  G  C  C    D  G  C  C    D  G  C  C    Em  Em  C  C.","chords":["B","E","A","G","C","D","Em","Am","G/B"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}