88 Constellations Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Forward or [Eb] fall back, forge ahead or veer [Fm] off track
_ [Ab] Flaming out or fade to black, stars careening in their [Bb] crosses
_ Someone's always just [Eb] ahead, _ heels dug in or being [Fm] led
_ Nothing's perfect, I [Ab] once said, and I learned to cut [Bb] my losses _ _
_ But I [Fm] could not fix the broken _ [Ab] part, _ [Bb] and a tear _ [Eb]-stained heart _
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_ _ _ [Ab] _ I filled [Bb] my passport with [Eb] _ miles, and dawn is breaking out [Bb] the window
_ Climb the steps and [Gm] walk the aisles, just another moving [Ab] shadow
You [Bb] know it's easier [Eb] to be all alone instead [Bb] of lonely
_ Yet I know some [Gm] part of me, feels a part of you [Ab] still owns [F] me
_ Way [Fm] down deep where it will not be [Ab] seen
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There's _ [Fm] no doubt that you have left your [Ab] _ mark
You [Bb] go forward or [Eb] fall back, forge ahead or veer [Fm] off track _ _
Flaming out or [Ab] fade to black, _ stars careening [Bb] in their crosses _
Someone's always [Eb] just ahead, _ heels dug in or [Fm] being led _
Nothing's perfect, you [Ab] once said, king of all [Bb] lost causes _
But I [Fm] still wait for you because [Ab] I'm not _ [Bb] in my tear [Eb]-stained _ heart
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_ _ [Bb] _ These wondrous days we [Eb] travel fast, and the [Bb] clearer I am seeing
_ Trade the baggage of the [Eb] past for the _ lightness of [Ab] being
[Bb] I am studying _ [Eb] _ stars, all 88 _ [Bb] _ constellations
I can sense you [Gm] from afar, from my earthly [Ab] _ _ destination
And [Eb] _ [Fm] in the wind, _ every _ [Ab] highway song, _ _ _ a match [Fm] that strikes or in a random _ [Ab] spark
We [Bb] go forward [Eb] or fall back, forge ahead or veer [Fm] off track
Flaming out [Ab] or fade to black, stars _ careening as [Bb] they [C] beckon
It's just open [Eb] road ahead, sound of twilight, [Fm] maps on land
Nothing's [Ab] perfect, it's been said, this is pretty [Bb] close I read him
_ And [Fm] I learned more than [F] I'd have ever [Ab] _ thought [Bb] from a tear _ [Eb]-stained heart _
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