Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter - Songs From Home Episode 20: I Take My Chances

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ Hi everyone, welcome back to Songs From Home.
We are here at the farm.
We've been here at the farm.
_ We've never left the farm. _ _
Well we've not left the farm for quite some time, but that's [Eb] okay.
_ _ Angus is great.
White Kitty is doing what she does best, which is snoozing.
_ And it's a holiday weekend here in the United States.
I hope wherever you are in the world that you are staying safe, that you are calm, that
you are peaceful, _ and that you are with people you love.
_ _ _ _ I'm going to [Bb] do a song. _ _ _ _ _
I had a few requests and I got my number two, Grevin' Out.
_ It's been living at my wonderful guitar tech Brian's house for the last few months.
_ _ We parted ways in February, expecting to see one another before today, and obviously that didn't happen.
So he sent the [C] guitar _ _ _ back here and it arrived the other day.
It's got crisp new strings. _
[Bb] It's wonderful to play again. _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] This is a song called I Take My Chances.
_ [F] _ [Eb] _ I _ [Bb] _
[Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
[F] took a walk in [Gm] the [Eb] rain one [Bb] day on the [F] wrong side of [Eb] the tracks.
[Bb] _ I [F] stood on the [Gm] rail till I [Eb] saw that train just [Bb] to see [F] how my heart [Eb] would be dealt.
_ [Gm]
Now some [F] people say [Eb] you shouldn't tempt fate, [Gm] but for [F] them I [Eb] cannot [Bb] disagree.
But I [F] never learned [Gm] nothing from [Eb] playing it safe.
[Bb] I say fate should [Eb] not tempt me.
I [Bb] take my [F] chances.
_ [Eb] _ I don't [Bb]
mind [F] working [Eb] without a check.
I take [Bb] my [F] chances.
_ [Eb] _ I take [Bb] my [F] chances every [Eb] chance I [Bb] get. _ _
[F] I sat [Gm] alone in the [Eb] dark one [Bb] night [F] tuning [Eb] in to my [Bb] remote. _ _
[F] I found [Gm] a preacher, he [Eb] spoke of the [Bb] life that there was [F] brimstone [Bb] in his throat.
_ [Gm] And he showed [F] me the way [Eb] according to him [Gm] in [F] return for my [Eb] personal [Bb] share. _ _ _
[F] I flipped my channel [Gm] back to [Bb] CNN and I [F] threw away [Eb] my cigarettes and I take [Bb] my [F] chances.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] Yes, forgiveness [F] [Bb] doesn't come with a debt.
I take my chances.
_ _ [Eb] I take [Bb] my [F] chances every [Eb] chance I get.
[Bb] You bet.
_ [F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Cm] _
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] I've [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] crossed [Eb] lines and words and [Bb] wires.
[Cm] _
[Bb] Oh, what have I [Eb] made?
_ [Gm] I've been [F] frozen.
_ [Bb] [Eb] I've been on fire [Cm] and the [Bb] tears are [Eb] mine.
_ [Bb] But I can [F] cry [Eb] until I [Bb] like or [Cm] laugh [Bb] until [Eb] I cry.
[Bb] So cut the [F] debt _ [Gm] [Bb] right in half.
I'll play from [Eb] each side and I [Bb] take my [F] chances.
_ [Eb] _ _ I pay [Bb]
my [F] dollar.
I [Eb] place my bet.
I [Bb] take my [F] chances.
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] I take [Bb] my [F] chances every [Eb] chance I get.
I [Bb] take my [F] chances.
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] I don't [F] cling to remorse [Eb] or regret.
I take [Bb] my [F] chances.
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] I [Bb] take my chances every chance [Eb] I get.
I [Bb] take my [F] chances.
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ I take [Bb]
my [F] chances.
_ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Cm] [Bb] I _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] take my [F] chances.
_ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And there you [Eb] have it from us, ladies and gentlemen.
_ Thank you so much for coming back in.
We will see you the next time.
And until then, you know exactly what to do.
Stay well. _
Stay peaceful.
_ _ Stay mighty.
We'll see you the next time.
Bye.
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