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Mary Chapin Carpenter – Between The Dirt And The Stars Chords Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

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[Intro]
Dm7   G   C   F
Dm7   G   C   F
Dm7   G   C   F
Dm7   G   C   F

[Verse 1]
Dm
Try to conjure up a night
G
Of jessamine upon the air
C
I'm seventeen and in a car
F
Ready to ride anywhere
Dm7
This summer night sticks to my skin
    G
And beer's gone to my head
C
My arm hangs out the window
      F                        Dm
And I can't hear what you just said

[Chorus]
         G     C
Over the radio
        F         Dm7
Wild, wild horses
                  G         C
Everything you'll ever know
          F
Is in the choruses

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[Verse 2]
Dm7
Everything that made you whole
G
Everything that broke your heart
C
Whatever called you by your soul
    F
And piece by piece took you apart
Dm7
Every spark you ever chased
G
All the faith love robbed you of
C
Every light the dark erased
F                     Dm7
Every cause that gave you up

[Chorus]
     G            C
Turn on the radio
        F         Dm7
Wild, wild horses
             G         C
Everwhere we'd ever go
          F
Is in the choruses

[Bridge]
                Bb
Standing on the porch tonight
F
All I hear is a distant car
C
Watching the fading light
G
Between the dirt and the stars
Bb
Between the rough and smooth
        F
And the easy and the hard
Am
The lonely sound of loneliness
       G                   Dm
That's shaped just like my heart

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[Interlude]
G  C  F
Dm7  G  C  F

[Verse 3]
Dm
Years will pass before we turn
G
To face the place where we come from
C                         F
Years will pass before we learn
F
What time denies to everyone
Dm
If we're lucky ghosts and prayers
G
Are company, not enemies
C
I time travel straight back there
F                        Dm
You were singing back to me

[Chorus]
           G         C
Along with the radio
        F         Dm
Wild, wild horses
                 G         C
Everything we'll ever know
          F       Dm
Is in the choruses
         G     C
Over the radio
        F         Dm
Wild, wild horses
                 G       C
Everywhere we'll ever go
          F        C
Is in the choruses

[Guitar Solo]
C  F  C  G  C  F
Am  G  C7  F  C  G
C  F  Am  G  C7  F
C  G  C  F  Am  G
C7  F  C  G  C  F
Am  G  C7  F  C  G
C  F   Am  G  C7  F
C  G  C7  F  Am  G
C7  F  C  G  C  F
Am  G  C  F  C  G
C  F  Am  G  C  F
C  G  C  F  Am  G

[Outro]
Dm7  G  C  F
Dm7  G  C  F
Dm7  G  C  F
Dm7  G  C  F

How to play Between The Dirt And The Stars: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Between The Dirt And The Stars by Mary Chapin Carpenter on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Between The Dirt And The Stars by Mary Chapin Carpenter sits in C major (no sharps or flats), and you need 8 chords to play it: Dm7, G, C, F, Dm, Bb, Am and C7.

Most of the song cycles through Dm7 – G – C – F (ii7 – V – I – IV in C major). In solfa, that is reh – soh – doh – fah. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Good to know: F and Bb are played as barre or movable shapes on guitar. Practise the change into them slowly; on piano and ukulele the same chords are easier.