Outside Looking In Mary Chapin Carpenter
<br/> <br/> OUTSIDE LOOKING IN (Mary Chapin Carpenter)<br/> ------------------------------------------<br/> [Actually in A; capo 2.]<br/> [I'm unsure about the pre-chorus and bridge, where I've written<br/> F/A F/A Am Am. It might in fact be Am Am F/A F/A. Frankly, it<br/> sounds okay either way. See which sounds best for you.]<br/> <br/> G F Am Am G F Am Am<br/> [intro]<br/> <br/> G D/F# C/E C<br/> Everywhere I see the signs, pointing one direction<br/> G D/F# C/E C<br/> No more twists or crooked turns, leaving room for doubt<br/> G D/F# C/E C<br/> Where I used to take the time for quiet and reflection<br/> G D/F# C/E C<br/> Now I only hear the noise of what I am without<br/> <br/> G G C(9)/G C(9)/G<br/> I see them walking hand in hand, and my eyes just want to linger<br/> G G C(9)/G C(9)/G<br/> On those golden wedding bands, wrapped around their fingers<br/> F/A F/A Am Am<br/> By the time I turn away, I feel it once again<br/> G D/F# Am7 C<br/> I'm back in this familiar place, outside looking in<br/> <br/> G D/F# Am7 C<br/> [instrumental]<br/> <br/> Baby, all the tears between us couldn't fill the spaces<br/> And all the word we grasped at, they just fell away<br/> I kept waiting on forgiveness to fix the broken places<br/> But nothing even like it ever came my way<br/> <br/> And tonight I drove around, and the street came up before me<br/> I took a turn and then I found this old house coming toward me<br/> I heard the sound a heart must make when a memory's caving in<br/> Oh baby, what a hungry place, outside looking in<br/> <br/> G F Am Am G F Am Am<br/> [instrumental]<br/> <br/> G G C(9)/G C(9)/G<br/> It's the hardest kind of need that never knows a reason<br/> G G C(9)/G C(9)/G<br/> Are we such a lonely breed, or just born in a lonely season<br/> F/A F/A Am Am<br/> Baby, it's all in the eyes, it's where the reckoning begins<br/> F/A F/A Am Am<br/> It's where we linger like a sigh, it's where we long to be pulled in<br/> F/A F/A Am Am(?)<br/> It's where we learn to say goodbye without saying anything<br/> G D/F# Am7 C<br/> Standing on the borderline, outside looking in<br/> <br/> G D/F# Am7 C G D/F# Am7 C<br/> [instrumental; repeat and fade]<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com<br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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