Mary Chapin Carpenter – Hold Everything (Guitar)

Capo 4
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Chords

As recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter, Julie Fowlis & Karine Polwart (2024 release) [Intro] G C G D G C G D G C G D G C G D [Verse 1]
          G          C
Could you hear the car coming?

        G           D
Did you stumble and fall?

        G               C
Did you sleep without waking?

         G     D
Were you ready to go?

       Em           C          G            D
Or did you feel the tightening pain in your chest?

        Em            C           G         D    Em
Did you lie down that morning and pray for eternal rest?

G C  G D  G/B C  G D
Ooh
[Verse 2]
         G            C
When you saw the wave rising

        G          D
Did you run to the shore?

         G/B              C
Were you half way through coffee

        G       D
When he broke down the door?

        Em             C               G          D
Did you hear the brake sing as you stepped on the line?

          Em          C           G             D       Em       G   Am
Could you tell by the look in his eye that he'd do it this time?
[Chorus]
 G/B      C     Am
Hold everything

 G/B      C   G  Am
Hold everything

 G/B      C     G   C
Hold everything dear

G   C   G   C
Ooh
[Interlude] C G G C [Verse 3]
                     C
Were you swaddled in morphine?

        C
Was she stroking your hair?

                       C
Was your granddaughter sleeping

     G
In a hospital chair?

         Em           C      G
Were you pleading for mercy or begging for bread?

         Em             C           G               Em  G
Were you shielding your children or lying alone in your bed?
[Chorus]
 G/B      C     Am
Hold everything

 G/B      C   G  Am
Hold everything

 G/B      C  D  Em   G  Am
Hold everything dear

 G/B      C     Am
Hold everything

 G/B      C   G  Am
Hold everything

 G/B      C     G  C
Hold everything dear
[Outro]
G D   G C   G D   G C
Ooh
G D G C G D G C G D G C G D G C G D G C G D G C G D