Never Had It So Good

NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD (Mary Chapin Carpenter & John Jennings)

E|--------------------------------

E|----------------------------| 

[Each chord, or pair of chords 
joined by hyphens, is one measure.]
[D* means mix up a D(9) with the D. 
 D** means play 
D-D11-D-Dsus-D-D11-D,
 as shown in the tab at the end.]

G   G   C(9)   D     G   G   
[intro]
C(9)   D


G                            G   
No one's got to tell me it's 
                      C        D*
over, I could see it from miles away
G                            C   
No one's got to tell me what I 
              D**     D**
don't already know today
G                               G
No one's got to tell me they've 
         C                       
seen you looking like a brand new 
D*
man
Em                       C       
No one's got to tell me you look 
              D**                D**
like you've fallen in love again

                        G       
'Cause you're out of my life now 
C                G  -  D/F#    Em
with a wave of her hand
                  C           C
You never had it so good babe, I 
                D**   D**
never had it so bad
                         G     C  
Now you can do what you want to 
        G   -   D/F#    Em
and never feel sad
                  C           D 
[stop]         G    G    C(9)    D
You never had it so good babe, I 
never had it so bad   [repeat intro]

No one's got to tell me the 
difference between me and the one 
who's returned
No one's got to tell me you never 
really got over her
No one's got to tell me they've seen
 you looking like a brand new man
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No one's got to tell me you look 
like you've fallen in love again

'Cause you're out of my life now 
with a wave of her hand
You never had it so good babe, I 
never had it so bad
Now you can do what you want to and 
never feel sad
                  C           D 
[stop]         G    G
You never had it so good babe, I 
never had it so bad

            C                   D
So you just go where you go and do 
what you do, and
G     -    G/B     C
Be who you want to be
             C                  
But when she burns you again and 
      D
your phone doesn't ring
Em - C        D    D
  Baby, it's me

'Cause you're out of my life now 
with a wave of her hand
You never had it so good babe, I 
never had it so bad
Now you can do what you want to and 
never feel sad
                  C           D
You never had it so good babe, I 
                G  -  D/F#   Em
never had it so bad
                  C           D
You never had it so good babe, I 
                G  -  D/F#   Em
never had it so bad
                  C           D 
[stop]        G     G   C   D
You never had it so good babe, I 
never had it so bad

G   G   C(9)   D      G   G   C(9)  
 D      etc.
[repeat intro and fade]


TAB:

This is the D** part:

  D       D11 D Dsus     D D11 D
  |        \  | |        | |  /
E 
2---2---2-0-2-3^|3---3-2-0-2----------------------------------------.)    A note on all these D chords: I
B 
3---3---3-3-3-3^|3---3-3-3-3----------------------------------------.) wrote down pretty much what Mary-Chapin
G 
2---2---2-0-2-2^|2---2-2-0-2----------------------------------------.) played on "Austin City Limits," but it's
D 
0---0---0-0-0-0^|0---0-0-0-0----------------------------------------.) open to improvisation; I'm sure she

A|----------------|--------------
E|----------------|--------------
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ 

A|---------------------------
E|--| (The ^ is a tie across 
 |.                          

----------.)| doesn't play it the same 
measures--.)                           
                                       

every time. 
            
            

The electric guitar plays the 
following part in the intro and 
fade-out;
at the very least, the acoustic 
guitar does the hammer-on in the 2nd
 bar.

E|----------------|---------------
B|----------------|---------------
G|----------------|---------------
D|----------------|------------0--

E|-|----------------|---------------
B|-|----------------|---------------
G|-|----------------|---------------
D|-| 0---------------|--------------

E|-|  
B|-|  
G|-|  
D|--| 


A 2-----2---------|0=2---2--------
E|----------------|--------------
  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ 
  -|------3-----2---|2=0---0--------
E|--|----------------|--------------
 |.  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .  ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ 

--| 
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CHORDS:

G: 320033 in the intro; 320033 or 
320003 elsewhere.
C: 332010           C(9): x32033
D: x00232 normally; see tab above 
for variations.  D(9): x00230
D/F#: 200232        Em: 022000