I Take My Chances by Mary Chapin Carpenter - guitar chords, guitar tabs and lyrics

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	G	D	C	C	G	D	C	C
	(in	tro	)

	G	D	Em	C
	I took a	walk in the r	ain one d	ay

	G	D	C	C
On the wr	ong side o	f the tr	acks

	G	D	Em	C
I st	ood on the r	ails till I s	aw that tr	ain

	G	D	C	C
Just to s	ee how my he	art would rea	ct

	Em	Bm	C	C
Now s	ome people s	ay that you sho	uldn't tempt f	ate

	Em	D	C	C
And for th	em I can n	ot disagr	ee

	G	D	Em	C
But I	never learned n	othing from pl	aying it s	afe

	G	G/B	C	C
I say f	ate should n	ot tempt m	e

	C	G	D	C	C	G	D	C	C
I t	ake my cha	nces;		I d	on't mind w	orking with	out a n	et

	C	G	D	C	C	G	D	C	C
I t	ake my cha	nces;		I t	ake my ch	ances every	chance I g	et

I sat alone in the dark one night, tuning in by remote

I found a preacher who spoke of the light but there was brimstone in his throat

He'd show me the way according to him in return for my personal check

I flipped the channel back to CNN, and I lit another cigarette

I take my chances; yes, forgiveness doesn't come with a debt

I take my chances; I take my chances every chance I get

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I've crossed lines of words and wire, and both have cut me deep

I've been frozen out and I've been on fire, and the tears are mine to weep

But I can cry until I laugh, or laugh until I cry

So cut the deck right in half, I'll play from either side

I take my chances; I pay my dollar and I place my bet

I take my chances; I take my chances every chance I get

I take my chances; yeah, I don't cling to remorse or regret

I take my chances; I take my chances every chance I get

I take my chances...

(Repeat G D C C; end on G.)

(Concert ad-lib lyrics:)

No remorse, no regrets

I chewed another Nicorette

I ordered up some crepes Suzette

I found Elvis on the Internet

I went camping with a young cadet

He showed me his bayonet

I looked at him and said, "you should get an Erector set"

Who needs a boyfriend, you can get a pet

TAB:

The electric guitar actually plays this in C with no capo. These are the

right notes; I'm not sure about the exact fingerings.

E ----0-----------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B --1-----3-----1-|------1---------|----1---0-------|----------------|
G 0---------4-----|--2-------0---0-|--0-------0---2-|------0---------|
D ------------5---|----3-------3---|2-----------0---|--3-------3---3-|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----3-------3---|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

Here it is in G, if you want to play it with the capo on the 5th fret:

E ----7---5-----3-|------3---------|----3---2-----0-|----------------|
B --8-------7-----|--5-------3---3-|--3-------3-----|------3---------|
G 7-----------7---|----5-------5---|4-----------2---|--5-------5--5--|
D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----5-------5---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .

- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

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I Take My Chances

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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