Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter, Girls With Guitars

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_ _ _ _ _ I had the great pleasure, privilege, honor, and thrill of my life to open shows for the fabulous Mr.
Vinske.
Woo!
_ _ _ _ _ And we did that for almost like a year and a half or something.
[C] It was just great.
It was just the best.
We were [N] playing these huge coliseums and rollerblading during soundcheck.
It was great.
And he would have these big meet and greets and receptions after every show.
Well, I should also preface it by saying, I suppose by now you've probably noted that I tend to switch out guitars nearly every song.
And that's for reasons of tuning.
The right guitar for the right song.
You're on the cut scene.
_ And so I've always done that.
So at one of these receptions, a gentleman came up to me and he looked at me and he said,
Well, you sure you change guitars all night long?
And I said, Yes, [D] sir, I do.
And he said, Well, do you really play [Dm] those things or are they just props?
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [N] And his question reminded me of other fabulous questions _ [Eb] that I've been asked throughout my career.
[N] One of my favorites is, Is that a real song or did you write it? _ _ _ _
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_ _ [N] _ If there are any musicians here, I'm sure they have encountered this as well.
Are you local or professional? _ _ _ _ _
So there you have it.
_ Interesting question. _
The thing is, I didn't really know what to say to [B] this gentleman that night.
He [Bb] asked me if this was a prop.
I [Ebm] was so [A] [N] surprised.
And so I decided I would write a musical answer. _
_ And so I did.
And while I remember recording it, I was completely stoked when Wynonna Judd [G] decided to.
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_ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] Throw her in the [Em] car and have you [C] see her throw [D] up.
Borrowed that [C] guitar and [G] that was the [A] beginning.
She's now in the [D] cellar with the [G] afterthought.
_ [Dm] _ [G] Girls with [C] guitars.
[G] That is what it means.
Girls with guitars.
[D] What's the [Gm] world coming to?
Girls [C] with guitars.
Mother's [G] hand over her hip hop.
Girls with guitars.
It's a new feeling.
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_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] She followed her brother, getting his socks and his stockings on the old jet floor.
Everybody [C] answered, [G] garage band first.
She was checking out [D] riffs, having a ride on the course.
She didn't carry [C] a home for the [G] football [D] hero.
Didn't even [Em] notice the [C] basketball [D] star going out [C] and speaking for [G] the Rolling Pundits hero.
[A] That's the [Dm] one who played that guitar.
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[Gm] _ Girls with [C] guitars.
She [G] wasn't any deaf tom.
Girls with guitars.
[D] She didn't [C] go out for [G] cheerleading.
Girls with [C] guitars.
[G] Boys were soaring in nerve sound. _
Some of them are.
[C] She went off to [F] college.
She got her [G] degree.
Her parents gave her science grades in need.
[C] Daddy's making love.
[F] Mother's making [Bb] medicine jars.
Wondering how [D] she's going to make the news today.
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_ _ _ She was an old city [C] fan, sitting in the driveway [G] filled to the gills [Dm] with all [G] her stuff.
[Gm] She caught a deal with her [C] brother.
He was [G] driving up the highway, because New York's shade was close enough.
[D] Gets the [C] audition through a [G] friend, a fellow [D] friend.
She's kicking out her [Em] legs saying, [C] this will never [D] work.
[C] Fat cat [G] turns to [A] the band, gives a little grin and [D] she blows [Bb] away the tune.
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[Gm] _ Girls with [C] guitars.
[G] Everybody's hopping now.
Girls with [D] guitars.
It ought to be a [G] song about girls.
[C] [G] There's just no stopping.
Girls with guitars.
_ Girls [C] with guitars.
[G] Everybody's hopping now.
Girls [D] with guitars.
It ought to [G] be a song about [C] girls.
So I [G] wrote this one. _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [G] You get your money, but I'm running out of gas.
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