Halley Came to Jackson Mary Chapin Carpenter
<br/> HALLEY CAME TO JACKSON (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)<br/> ----------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> [Capo 2; each chord is half a measure.]<br/> <br/> D D G D D D A D D D G D D D A D<br/> [intro]<br/> A A D D G D A D A A Bm G D D A D<br/> [intro]<br/> <br/> D D G D D D G D<br/> Late one night when the wind was still<br/> D D A D D D A D<br/> Daddy brought the baby to the window sill<br/> D D G D D D G D<br/> To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky<br/> D D A D D D A D<br/> The one and only time Daddy saw it fly<br/> <br/> A A D D<br/> It came from the east just as bright as a torch<br/> G D A D<br/> The neighbors had a party on their porch<br/> A A Bm G<br/> Daddy rocked the baby, Mother said "amen"<br/> D D A D<br/> When Halley came to visit in nineteen ten<br/> <br/> D D G D D D A D D D G D D D A D<br/> [instrumental]<br/> <br/> Now back then Jackson was a real small town<br/> And it's not every night a comet comes around<br/> It was almost eighty years since its last time through<br/> So I bet your mother would've said "amen" too<br/> <br/> As its tail stretched out like a stardust streak<br/> The papers wrote about it every day for a week<br/> They wondered where it's going and where it's been<br/> When Halley came to Jackson in 1910<br/> <br/> A A D D G D A D A A Bm G G G G D D A D<br/> [instrumental]<br/> <br/> D5 ...<br/> Now Daddy told the baby sleeping in his arms<br/> To dream a little dream of a comet's charms<br/> And he made a little wish as she slept so sound<br/> In nineteen eighty-six that wish came 'round ... D D A D<br/> <br/> A A D D<br/> It came from the east, just as bright as a torch<br/> G D A D<br/> She saw it in the sky from her daddy's porch<br/> A A Bm G [pause]<br/> As heavenly sent as it was back then<br/> D Bm A D<br/> When Halley came to Jackson in nineteen ten<br/> <br/> A A D D G D A D A A Bm G D Bm A D<br/> [instrumental]<br/> D D G D<br/> Late one night when the wind was still<br/> D D G D D D A D.<br/> [instrumental]<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com<br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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