Chords for He thinks he'll keep her - Mary Chapin Carpenter (live 1993)
Tempo:
72.9 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
A
F#m
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Mary Chapin Carpenter has always had very definite ideas about what she thinks is right and wrong
When she was growing up, there was a certain TV commercial in the 60s.
It used to just drive her crazy.
Watch this
My wife's incredible.
She took care of the baby all day
Cooked a great dinner and even went to a school meeting and look at her.
She looks better than any of her friends
She takes care of [A#] herself my wife.
I think I'll keep [D] her
[A] Mary Chapin Carpenter
[F#m] She [D]
[A] [D] [A]
makes his [F#m] coffee
She makes [D] it big
[A] She does the [E] laundry
[F#m] She keeps [D] in bed
[F#m]
[E] When she [A] was 21, she [Bm] wore her mother's leg
[E]
She said forever [F#m] with a smile [E] on her [A] face
She does the carpool
[F#m] She [D] beat a
[A]
Doctors and [F#] dentists
She [D] drives all [E] day
When she was [Bm] 29 she delivered number three
[E]
And every Christmas [F#m] car showed [D] a perfect [E] family
[A]
[E] [D] [E] Practice
[A]
[E] [D] Till it shines he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
[E] Everything is [D] so nice
[E] Say this place you'll [A] never find
[E] God if you [D] change your mind he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
She [F#m] [D] [A]
packs his [F#m] suitcase
She [D] sits and waits.
[A]
Oh, no [E] expression
[F#m] upon [D] her face
[E]
When she was 36 [Bm] she met him at the door
[E]
She said I'm sorry
[D] [E] [A]
Till [E] [D] [E] [A]
[E] [D] it shines he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
[E] Everything is [F#m] so nice
[E] Say this place you'll [A] never find
[E] God if you [D] change your mind he [A] thinks he'll [E] keep [A] her
[D] For [A] [F#m] [D] [A]
[D] [E]
15 years she had a [Bm] job and not one raise in pain
[E]
Now she's in the typing [D] pool last
[E] [A] [E] [D] [E] [A]
[E] [D] [A] [E] [F#m]
[E] [D] [E] [F#m]
[E] [D] [A] [E] [A]
[D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [D] [A]
[N]
When she was growing up, there was a certain TV commercial in the 60s.
It used to just drive her crazy.
Watch this
My wife's incredible.
She took care of the baby all day
Cooked a great dinner and even went to a school meeting and look at her.
She looks better than any of her friends
She takes care of [A#] herself my wife.
I think I'll keep [D] her
[A] Mary Chapin Carpenter
[F#m] She [D]
[A] [D] [A]
makes his [F#m] coffee
She makes [D] it big
[A] She does the [E] laundry
[F#m] She keeps [D] in bed
[F#m]
[E] When she [A] was 21, she [Bm] wore her mother's leg
[E]
She said forever [F#m] with a smile [E] on her [A] face
She does the carpool
[F#m] She [D] beat a
[A]
Doctors and [F#] dentists
She [D] drives all [E] day
When she was [Bm] 29 she delivered number three
[E]
And every Christmas [F#m] car showed [D] a perfect [E] family
[A]
[E] [D] [E] Practice
[A]
[E] [D] Till it shines he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
[E] Everything is [D] so nice
[E] Say this place you'll [A] never find
[E] God if you [D] change your mind he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
She [F#m] [D] [A]
packs his [F#m] suitcase
She [D] sits and waits.
[A]
Oh, no [E] expression
[F#m] upon [D] her face
[E]
When she was 36 [Bm] she met him at the door
[E]
She said I'm sorry
[D] [E] [A]
Till [E] [D] [E] [A]
[E] [D] it shines he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
[E] Everything is [F#m] so nice
[E] Say this place you'll [A] never find
[E] God if you [D] change your mind he [A] thinks he'll [E] keep [A] her
[D] For [A] [F#m] [D] [A]
[D] [E]
15 years she had a [Bm] job and not one raise in pain
[E]
Now she's in the typing [D] pool last
[E] [A] [E] [D] [E] [A]
[E] [D] [A] [E] [F#m]
[E] [D] [E] [F#m]
[E] [D] [A] [E] [A]
[D] [A]
[E] [F#m] [D] [A]
[N]
Key:
E
D
A
F#m
Bm
E
D
A
Mary Chapin Carpenter has always had very definite ideas about what she thinks is right and wrong
When she was growing up, there was a certain TV commercial in the 60s.
It used to just drive her crazy.
Watch this
My wife's incredible.
She took care of the baby all day
Cooked a great dinner and even went to a school meeting and look at her.
She looks better than any of her friends
She takes care of [A#] herself my wife.
I think I'll keep [D] her
[A] _ Mary Chapin Carpenter
[F#m] She _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
makes his [F#m] coffee
She makes [D] it big _
[A] She does the [E] laundry
[F#m] She keeps [D] in bed
[F#m] _
[E] When she [A] was 21, she [Bm] wore her mother's leg
[E]
She said forever [F#m] with a smile [E] on her [A] face
She does the carpool
[F#m] She [D] beat a
[A] _
Doctors and [F#] dentists
She [D] drives all [E] day
When she was [Bm] 29 she delivered number three
[E]
And every Christmas [F#m] car showed [D] a perfect [E] family
[A] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ [E] Practice
_ [A] _
_ [E] _ [D] Till it shines he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
[E] Everything is [D] so nice
[E] Say this place you'll [A] never find
[E] God if you [D] change your mind he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
She _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
packs his [F#m] suitcase
She [D] sits and waits.
[A]
Oh, no [E] expression
[F#m] upon [D] her face
[E]
When she was 36 [Bm] she met him at the door
[E]
She said I'm sorry
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
Till [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [D] it shines he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
[E] Everything is [F#m] so nice
[E] Say this place you'll [A] never find
[E] God if you [D] change your mind he [A] thinks he'll [E] keep [A] her
[D] For [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E]
15 years she had a [Bm] job and not one raise in pain
[E]
Now she's in the typing [D] pool last
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
When she was growing up, there was a certain TV commercial in the 60s.
It used to just drive her crazy.
Watch this
My wife's incredible.
She took care of the baby all day
Cooked a great dinner and even went to a school meeting and look at her.
She looks better than any of her friends
She takes care of [A#] herself my wife.
I think I'll keep [D] her
[A] _ Mary Chapin Carpenter
[F#m] She _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
makes his [F#m] coffee
She makes [D] it big _
[A] She does the [E] laundry
[F#m] She keeps [D] in bed
[F#m] _
[E] When she [A] was 21, she [Bm] wore her mother's leg
[E]
She said forever [F#m] with a smile [E] on her [A] face
She does the carpool
[F#m] She [D] beat a
[A] _
Doctors and [F#] dentists
She [D] drives all [E] day
When she was [Bm] 29 she delivered number three
[E]
And every Christmas [F#m] car showed [D] a perfect [E] family
[A] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ [E] Practice
_ [A] _
_ [E] _ [D] Till it shines he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
[E] Everything is [D] so nice
[E] Say this place you'll [A] never find
[E] God if you [D] change your mind he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
She _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
packs his [F#m] suitcase
She [D] sits and waits.
[A]
Oh, no [E] expression
[F#m] upon [D] her face
[E]
When she was 36 [Bm] she met him at the door
[E]
She said I'm sorry
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
Till [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ [D] it shines he [E] thinks he'll keep [A] her
[E] Everything is [F#m] so nice
[E] Say this place you'll [A] never find
[E] God if you [D] change your mind he [A] thinks he'll [E] keep [A] her
[D] For [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E]
15 years she had a [Bm] job and not one raise in pain
[E]
Now she's in the typing [D] pool last
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _