Halley Came to Jackson Mary Chapin Carpenter
HALLEY CAME TO JACKSON (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
performed by Mary-Chapin Carpenter on SHOOTING STRAIGHT IN THE DARK (1990)
transcribed by Mark Albert markalbert@pipeline.com
capo 4
|C |F C |C |G C |C |F C |C |G C |
|G |C Am|F C |G C |G |Am F|C |G C |
[C]Late one night when the [F]wind was [C]still[C] [F] [C]
[C]Daddy brought the baby to the [G]window [C]sill[C] [G] [C]
To [C]see a bit of heaven shoot [F]across the [C]sky[C] [F] [C]
The [C]one and only time Daddy [G]saw it [C]fly[C] [G] [C]
It [G]came from the east just as [C]bright as a t[Am]orch
The [F]neighbors had a [C]party [G]on their [C]porch
[G]Daddy rocked the baby, Mother [Am]said "[F]Amen"
When [C]Halley came to visit in [G]1910[C]
|C |F C |C |G C |C |F C |C |G C |
Now [C]back then Jackson was a [F]real small t[C]own[C] [F] [C]
And it's [C]not every night a comet [G]comes aro[C]und[C] [G] [C]
It was [C]almost eighty years since its [F]last time [C]through[C] [F] [C]
So I [C]bet your mother would've said "[G]Amen" [C]too[C] [G] [C]
As its [G]tail stretched out like a s[C]tardust s[Am]treak
The [F]papers wrote a[C]bout it every d[G]ay for a [C]week
They w[G]ondered where it's going and [Am]where it's b[F]een
When [C]Halley came to Jackson in [G]1910[C]
|G |C Am|F C |G C |G |Am F|F |2/4 F |C |G C |
C (F C C F C tacit)
Now Daddy told the baby sleeping in his arms
C (G C C G C tacit)
To dream a little dream of a comet's charms
C (F C C F C tacit)
And he made a little wish as she slept so sound
C (G C C G C tacit)
In 1986 that wish came 'round
It [G]came from the east, just as [C]bright as a [Am]torch
She [F]saw it in the [C]sky from her [G]daddy's [C]porch
As h[G]eavenly sent as it [Am]was back [F]then
When [C]Halley came to [Am]Jackson in 1[G]910[C]
|G |C Am|F C |G C |G |Am F|C |G C |
[C]Late one night when the [F]wind was [C]still[C] [F] [C] [C] [G] [C]
INTRO
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |--1--3-----3--3--0--1--3|--3--5--3--1--1--------1|--------1---------------| |--0-H------0--0------H--|--0-S--S------0---------|--0--2-----2--0---------| |------------------------|------------------------|---H--------P----2--0---| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------P----3| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
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CD = 1:01
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CD = 2:06
artificial harmonics play 12 frets higher with the right hand
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CD = 2:24
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CD = 2:41
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |--------------------0--1|--1--3-----3--3--0--1--3|--3--5--3--1--1--------1| |--------------------0-H-|--0-H------0--0------H--|--0-S--S------0---------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |--------1---------------|--------------------1---|--3--------1-010--------| |--0--2-----2--0---------|-----------------0-----0|--0-----------HP----2--0| |---H--------P----2--0---|--0--------0--2---------|---------------------P--| |------------------P----3|-----2--3---H-----------|------------------------| |------------------------|------P-----------------|------------------------|
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|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|--1---------------------|------------------------| |--2--0--------------0--2|--------0--2--0---------|------------------------| |---P----2--0---------H--|---------H-------2--0---|--3--2--0---------------| |---------P----3---------|------------------P----3|-----------2--3---------| |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
CD = 2:56
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