Hand On My Back
Mary Chapin Carpenter (2016)
Fingerpicking in 4/4... for example
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|----I-----------I-----I-| or |-------I--------I-----I-|
|-T-----------------T----| |-T-----------------T----|
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1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G]
| [Am] . I move through the | world like an | [F] arrow that flies | [F] |
| [C] . Slicing the | air as I'm | [G] mapping the skies | [G] |
| [Am] . And way deep | down the | [F] echoes remain | [F] |
| [C] . Memories | sounding like | [G] rattling chains | [G] |
| [Am] . But lately | I think I am | [F] coming around | [F]
I'm | [C] liking the | feel of my | [G] feet on the ground | [G] |
| [Am] . And last night | I stopped | [F] dead in these tracks | [F]
Re- | [C] calling your | hand on the | [G] small of my back | [G] |
| [F] . The slightest | brush but as | [G] powerful too | [G]
As an | [Am] electrical storm | .... | [F] that's moving on | through
Then is | [C] gone... as | fast as it | [Em7] came | .. leaving | [F] nothing,
Not | [Dm] even the | [Em7] rain | [Em7] |
| [Am] . When I was | younger how | [F] I took my time | [F] |
| [C] . Folly and | wisdom form | [G] points on a line | [G] |
| [Am] . From one to a- | nother... with | [F] space in between | [F]
For the | [C] lessons you | learn & the | [G] dreams that you | dream |
| [Am] . But tell me what | happens when | [F] dreams don't come | true
How you | [C] overcome | some things un- | [G] til they overtake | you
Why you | [Am] never got chosen | ... why you | [F] never felt claimed | [F]
By | [C] some passion or | person that is | [G] never explained | [G] |
| [F] . I come on | quiet but I'm | [G] fierce as a | lion
Life will | [Am] take us a- | part but we | [F] never stop | trying
To pro- | [C] ceed as if | whole and | [Em7] intact | [Em7]
Like I | [F] felt with your | [Dm] hand on my | [Em7] back | [Em7] |
| [F] | [F] | [G] | [G] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [Em7] | [Em7] |
| [F] | [Dm] | [Em7] | [Em7] |
| [Am] .. Nothing can | catch me | [F] when I'm moving | fast |
| [C] . Even those | rattling chains | [G] of the past | [G]
So I'll | [Am] go like that | arrow but | [F] with nowhere to | land
I am | [C] losing ve- | locity, | [G] height and com- | mand
We | [Am] all hit the | ground, we all | [F] fall from the sky | [F]
We | [C] burn up, we | break up, we | [G] wreck and we | cry
But we're | [Am] bound up to- | gether by | [F] sight and by | pact
That be- | [C] gins with the | touch of your | [G] hand on my | back |
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G!]
#Play along with the original in this key.
#Last Updated 30/01/23 JJ
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Mary Chapin Carpenter (2016)
Fingerpicking in 4/4... for example
|----------M-------------| |----------M-------------|
|----I-----------I-----I-| or |-------I--------I-----I-|
|-T-----------------T----| |-T-----------------T----|
|-------T----------------| |-------------T----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G]
| [Am] . I move through the | world like an | [F] arrow that flies | [F] |
| [C] . Slicing the | air as I'm | [G] mapping the skies | [G] |
| [Am] . And way deep | down the | [F] echoes remain | [F] |
| [C] . Memories | sounding like | [G] rattling chains | [G] |
| [Am] . But lately | I think I am | [F] coming around | [F]
I'm | [C] liking the | feel of my | [G] feet on the ground | [G] |
| [Am] . And last night | I stopped | [F] dead in these tracks | [F]
Re- | [C] calling your | hand on the | [G] small of my back | [G] |
| [F] . The slightest | brush but as | [G] powerful too | [G]
As an | [Am] electrical storm | .... | [F] that's moving on | through
Then is | [C] gone... as | fast as it | [Em7] came | .. leaving | [F] nothing,
Not | [Dm] even the | [Em7] rain | [Em7] |
| [Am] . When I was | younger how | [F] I took my time | [F] |
| [C] . Folly and | wisdom form | [G] points on a line | [G] |
| [Am] . From one to a- | nother... with | [F] space in between | [F]
For the | [C] lessons you | learn & the | [G] dreams that you | dream |
| [Am] . But tell me what | happens when | [F] dreams don't come | true
How you | [C] overcome | some things un- | [G] til they overtake | you
Why you | [Am] never got chosen | ... why you | [F] never felt claimed | [F]
By | [C] some passion or | person that is | [G] never explained | [G] |
| [F] . I come on | quiet but I'm | [G] fierce as a | lion
Life will | [Am] take us a- | part but we | [F] never stop | trying
To pro- | [C] ceed as if | whole and | [Em7] intact | [Em7]
Like I | [F] felt with your | [Dm] hand on my | [Em7] back | [Em7] |
| [F] | [F] | [G] | [G] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [Em7] | [Em7] |
| [F] | [Dm] | [Em7] | [Em7] |
| [Am] .. Nothing can | catch me | [F] when I'm moving | fast |
| [C] . Even those | rattling chains | [G] of the past | [G]
So I'll | [Am] go like that | arrow but | [F] with nowhere to | land
I am | [C] losing ve- | locity, | [G] height and com- | mand
We | [Am] all hit the | ground, we all | [F] fall from the sky | [F]
We | [C] burn up, we | break up, we | [G] wreck and we | cry
But we're | [Am] bound up to- | gether by | [F] sight and by | pact
That be- | [C] gins with the | touch of your | [G] hand on my | back |
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G] |
| [Am] | [Am] | [F] | [F] |
| [C] | [C] | [G] | [G!]
#Play along with the original in this key.
#Last Updated 30/01/23 JJ
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