I Feel Lucky [A] - Mary Chapin Carpenter [Intro] [A] Verse 1: Well I [A] woke up this morning stumbled out of my rack I [A] opened up the paper to the page in the back It [D] only took a moment for my finger to find My [A] daily dose of destiny, under my sign My [E7] eyes just about popped out of my head It said "the [A] stars are stacked against you girl, [NC] get back in bed" |[Chorus] |I feel [D] lucky, I feel [A] lucky, yeah |[E7] No Professor Doom gonna stand in my way |[A] Mmmmm, [NC] I feel lucky today Instrumental: [A] Verse 2: Well I [A] strolled down to the corner, gave my numbers to the clerk The [A] pot's eleven million so I called in sick to work I [D] bought a pack of Camels, a burrito and a Barq's Crossed [A] against the light, made a beeline for the park The [E7] sky began to thunder, wind began to moan I heard a [A] voice above me saying, "girl, you better [NC] get back home" |[Chorus] |But I feel [D] lucky, oh oh oh, I feel [A] lucky, yeah |[E7] No tropical depression gonna steal my sun away |[A] Mmmmm, [NC] I feel lucky today Instrumental: [D] [A] [E7] [A] [E7] Verse 3 (single strum): [A] Now eleven million later, I was sitting at the bar [G] I'd [A] bought the house a double, and the waitress a new car Dwight [D] Yoakam's in the corner, trying to catch my eye [G] Lyle [A] Lovett's right beside me with his hand upon my thigh [D] The [E7] moral of this story, it's simple but it's true (normal struming) Hey the [A] stars might lie, but the numbers never do |[Chorus] |I feel [D] lucky, oh oh oh, I feel [A] lucky, yeah |[E7] Hey Dwight, hey Lyle, boys, you don't have to fight |[A] Hot dog, [NC] I'm feeling lucky tonight [Outro] I feel [D] lucky, brrrrr, I feel [A] lucky, yeah [E7] Think I'll flip a coin, I'm a winner either way [A] Mmmmmm, [NC] I feel lucky today [A] [D] [A] [E7] [A]