Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter - "Chasing What's Already Gone" (eTown webisode 229)

_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, I would have been back sooner, but, you know, it's just life gets a little nutty.
I was delighted to be invited back, even after all this time.
And [F] being in Colorado is just very [Fm] special.
Being in Boulder is even more special.
And being [C] part of this show [Fm] is fantastic.
Great music, great people, [Bb] great, you know, talk, [C] message, [F] everything about it is great. _ _
[C] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] [F] There's a big white house on a leafy street
[Bb] _ [C] on a [F] summer's day in 1963.
_ _ [C] A [F] station wagon's parked in the dry
[C] with [F] tents and the fender and wood on the [Bb] side.
_ [C] [Bb] There's kids and [F] dogs and enigmatic [C] hues squinting hard in the [Bb] sun.
Not just [F] yet, but one day [C] too, they'll be chasing
_ what's already [F] gone. _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [C] You [F] grow up tall and you grow up [Bb] tough.
_ [C] [F] Try to never admit not feeling good enough.
[Bb] _ _ [C] They tell you [F] find your passion, then you'll find your way.
_ [C] Just trying [F] to make it unscathed through every day.
[Bb] _ _ [C] And [Bb] it seems to [F] happen nearly [C] overnight.
Life shows you who you've [Bb] become.
When there's no [F] more mystery in the fading light,
[Gm] you're just chasing [C] what's already [F] gone. _
_ [Bb] _ Hey, [C] hey, [F] hey, hey, hey.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] Like the line that spells [F] the far horizon,
_ [C] moving with you as fast as you [Am] can run.
_ _ [Bb] Half your life you've paid no [F] attention.
The [C] rest you can't stop [Gm] wondering
what you should [C] have done
instead of chasing what's already [F]
gone.
[Bb] _ Hmm, [C] _ [Bb] _ [F] hmm, _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] hmm, [C] hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, _ [Bb] hmm, hmm.
Yeah, [F] yeah, yeah.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ Hmm, [F]
[C] hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] [F] hmm, hmm, hmm.
I saw my father in a dream [Bb] last night.
_ [C] [F] He was smiling and saying, you're gonna be all right.
_ [C] And [F] this morning I stared back at [Bb] myself,
_ [C] _
[F] feeling as empty as I've ever [Bb] felt.
_ [C] [Bb] But I keep on [F] going and I hope I've [C] learned
more of what's [Bb] right than what's wrong.
It's ashes [F] and roses and time [Gm] that burns
when you're [C] chasing what's already gone.
[Bb] Ashes [F] and roses and hearts [C] that break.
Tried so hard [Bb] to be strong.
It may be my [F] worst but not my [C] first mistake
when chasing what's [F] already gone.
_ Yeah, [C]
[F] yeah, yeah.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] Hmm, [F] hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm.
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] Chasing what's [F] already gone.
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