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WHERE TIME STANDS STILL (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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G      G - Gmaj7      C       C/D - D
[intro]
G      Gmaj7          C       C/D - D
[intro]

G                    G                C(9)        D(9)
  Baby, where's that place where time stands still
                  G         G                       C(9)       D7/F#
I remember like a lover can, but I forget it like a leaver will
G                       Gmaj7     C(9)     D(9)
  It's no place you can get to by yourself; you've gotta love someone and
G             Gmaj7                C(9)        D(9)
they love you;  Time will stop for nothing else

F(9)         F(9)         C/E                     C/E
Memory plays tricks on us; the more we cling, the less we trust
        F(9)               F(9)                 Am(9)           C/D   -   D
And the less we trust, the more we hurt; and as time goes on it just gets worse

G(9)                    Gmaj7            C(9)        Cm6
  So baby, where's that place where time stood still
                    G            Cm6                   G              G
Is it under glass inside a frame, was it over when you had your fill?

G         G             C        C/D - D
[instrumental]
G - G/F#  G/E - G/D     C        G  -  D
[instrumental]
Em7       Bm7  -  G     C        G
[instrumental]
G         C             G        D  -  Em7
[instrumental]

F(9)             F(9)             C/E         C/E
Here we are with nothing but this emptiness inside of us
  F(9)               F(9)           Am(9)              C/D  -   D
Your smile a fitting final gesture, wish I could have loved you better

G(9)                 Gmaj7            C(9)         Cm6
  Baby, where's that place where time stands still
                  G         Cm6                     G           Cm6
I remember like a lover can, but I forget it like a leaver will
                             G            Cm6
It's the first time that you held my hand, it's the smell and the
    G                            Cm6
    taste, and the fear, and the thrill
                  G          Cm6
It's everything I understand, and all the things I
     G             Gmaj7      C     Cm6     G.
    never will  [instrumental]



INTRO:

  G                       Gmaj7    C6                      D
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B ----0-1-3---0-1-3---0-1-3-------|------0-1-----0-1---------------|
G(0)------0-------0---------------|----2-------2--------0----------|
D ------------------------4-------(2)------2-------2-------4-------|
A --------------------------------|------------------------5-------|
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .    ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .

  G               Gmaj7            C6                      D
E ----------------------------5---|3-------------------------------|
B ----0-1-3---0-1-3---0-1-3-------(1)----0-1-----0-1---------------|
G(0)------0-----------------------|----2-------2-------0-----------|
D ----------------4-------4-------|--------2-------2-------4-------|
A --------------------------------|------------------------5-------|
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .    ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .


SOLO:

           G                                C6              C       D
E --------|--------------------5---3-------|--------------------------------|
B ------1-|3---0-1-3---0-1-3---7---3-------|------0-1-----0-1---------------|
G --0=2---|4---0-2-4---0-2-4---7---4-------|2---2-------2-------0---2-------|
D --------|--------------------------------|----------------2-------0-------|
A --------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E --------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   .    ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .    ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .

  G                                C6              G       D
E --------------------5---3-------|0-------------------------------|
B 0---0=1-3---0=1-3---3---0---013-|1-----3---------3-----0---------|
G 2---0---4-------4---------------|2---4---2-------4---0---2-------|
D --------------------------------|--------2-----------2---4-------|
A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .    ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .

  Em(9)           Bm7     G        C(9)addF#       Gmaj7
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B --------------0-----3---------3-|------3-------3-----------------|
G ----0---0---2---2-------0----0--|-----0-------0------0---4=2-0---|
D ------4---------------------0---|4-------4-------4-----0-------4-|
A ----------2---------------------|--------------------------------|
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .    ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .

  G               C6               Gmaj7           D
E --------------------------------|--------3-------------------2-3-|
B ----0-1-3----10-1-------1=0-----|----3---------------------3-----|
G 0---------------2-----------2=0-|--0-------------------0-4-------|
D 0-------------------------------|4---------------0-2-4-----------|
A --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .    ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .


ENDING:

  G               Gmaj7            C6              Cm6              G
E --------------------------------|----------------------------3---|3---||
B ----0-1-3----01-3---0-1-3---0---|------0-1-----0-1-----0-1---4---|3---||
G(0)------0-------0-------0-------|2---2-------2-------2-------5---|4---||
D ----------------4-------4-------|------0-2-------1---------------|5---||
A --------------------------------|3(2)3---------------------------|----||
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|----||
  ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .    ^   .   ^   .   ^   .   ^   .


-- transcribed by Adam Schneider, http://adamschneider.net/

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