It Dont Bring You

IT DON'T BRING YOU (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)

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[The whole song follows this same pattern, except at the end of the verses,

it stays on Fmaj9 for an extra measure. The song ends on F.]

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C - C/B - Am7 - Am7/G Fmaj9

Well I know it ain't been roses lately, baby, it's just been thorns

And no matter what we do, nothing seems to change

Love has always been my shelter, for you it's been a storm

But for a while I thought we'd almost beat the rain

Now there's a hole here in my pocket where all my dreams have gone

Fallen out like so many nickels and dimes

And last of all you, you'd always been my good luck charm

I should've known that luck's a waste of time

'Cause it don't bring you love if you don't love

And it don't bring you time if you ain't got time

And it don't bring you strength, baby, if you ain't strong

And it don't bring you kindness if you ain't kind

Now there's a whole lot of life to be unsure of

But there's one thing I can safely say I know

That of all the things that finally desert us

Pride is always the last thing to go

But it won't bring you love if you don't love

And it won't bring you time if you ain't got time

And it won't bring you strength, baby, if you ain't strong

And it won't bring you kindness if you ain't kind

Dm7 G C F Dm E+ - Fm6 C Gsus - G - G(9) - G

And now I wish you only roses, baby, without the thorns

And I hope your dreams are always within reach

And I wish you shelter, baby, from all your storms

They scared you, but they never seemed to teach

That I can't bring you love if you don't love

And I can't bring you time if you ain't got time

And I can't bring you strength, baby, if you ain't strong

And I can't bring you kindness if you ain't kind

And I can't bring you kindness if you ain't kind

Here's my rendition of the guitar solo ('t'aint perfect, I know):

~ means bend it up a half-step, then back down again.

// is a slide.

There's a few hammer-ons/pull-offs that I couldn't notate because

there was no room between the numbers; you can figure 'em out.

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G 2-----|--2-2-------------------|----------------2-------|

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B ------------------01----|--1---------------1-3---|-3----------------5~5-35|

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(bend)

E+ Fm6 C/G Gsus G G(9) G

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B 5-------31--31----------|------------------1---3-|1--31-0-----------------|

G --------------1-----3-1-|0-----------------------|------------2-----0-----|

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- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com