Halley Came To Jackson Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[N] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [E] [B]
[A] [E]
Late one night when [A] the wind was [E] still,
[A]
[E] Daddy brought the baby to [B] the window [E] sill.
[B] [E]
To see a bit of heaven shoot [A] across the [E]
sky,
[A] [E]
The one and only time Daddy [B] saw it [E] fly.
[B] [E] [B] It came from the east just [E] as bright as a torch,
The [A] neighbors had a [E] party [B] on their [E] porch.
[B] Daddy rocked the baby, Mother said,
[A] Amen, when [E] Hallie came to visit in [B] [E] 1910.
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [E] Now back then Jackson was [A] a real small [E] town,
And it's not every night a comet [B] comes [E] around.
[B] [E]
It was almost 80 years since [A] its last [E] time through,
So I bet your mother would have [B] said, Amen, [E] too.
[B] As its tail stretched out like [E] a stardust streak,
The [A] papers wrote [E] about it every [B] day [E] for a week.
[B] He wondered where it's going and of where [A] it's been
[E] When Hallie came to Jackson in [B] [E] 1910.
[B]
[E]
[B]
[A]
[E]
Daddy told the baby sleeping in his arm
To dream a little dream of a comet's charm.
And he made a little wish as she slept so sound,
In 1986 that wish came round.
[B] It came from the east just as [E] bright as a torch,
She [A] saw it [E] in the sky [B] from her [E] daddy's porch.
[B] The seventh ascent as it was back [A] then
[E] When Hallie came to Jackson [B] in [E]
[B] 1910.
[E]
[A] [E] [B] [E]
[B] [E]
Late one night [A] when the wind [E] was still.
[B]
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [E] [B]
[A] [E]
Late one night when [A] the wind was [E] still,
[A]
[E] Daddy brought the baby to [B] the window [E] sill.
[B] [E]
To see a bit of heaven shoot [A] across the [E]
sky,
[A] [E]
The one and only time Daddy [B] saw it [E] fly.
[B] [E] [B] It came from the east just [E] as bright as a torch,
The [A] neighbors had a [E] party [B] on their [E] porch.
[B] Daddy rocked the baby, Mother said,
[A] Amen, when [E] Hallie came to visit in [B] [E] 1910.
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [E] Now back then Jackson was [A] a real small [E] town,
And it's not every night a comet [B] comes [E] around.
[B] [E]
It was almost 80 years since [A] its last [E] time through,
So I bet your mother would have [B] said, Amen, [E] too.
[B] As its tail stretched out like [E] a stardust streak,
The [A] papers wrote [E] about it every [B] day [E] for a week.
[B] He wondered where it's going and of where [A] it's been
[E] When Hallie came to Jackson in [B] [E] 1910.
[B]
[E]
[B]
[A]
[E]
Daddy told the baby sleeping in his arm
To dream a little dream of a comet's charm.
And he made a little wish as she slept so sound,
In 1986 that wish came round.
[B] It came from the east just as [E] bright as a torch,
She [A] saw it [E] in the sky [B] from her [E] daddy's porch.
[B] The seventh ascent as it was back [A] then
[E] When Hallie came to Jackson [B] in [E]
[B] 1910.
[E]
[A] [E] [B] [E]
[B] [E]
Late one night [A] when the wind [E] was still.
[B]
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_ _ _ Late one night when [A] the wind was [E] still,
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[E] _ _ Daddy brought the baby to [B] the window [E] sill.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
To see a bit of heaven shoot [A] across the [E]
sky,
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
The one and only time Daddy [B] saw it [E] fly.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ [B] It came from the east just [E] as bright as a torch,
The [A] neighbors had a [E] party [B] on their [E] porch.
[B] Daddy rocked the baby, Mother said,
[A] Amen, when [E] Hallie came to visit in [B] _ [E] _ 1910. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ Now back then Jackson was [A] a real small [E] _ town, _ _ _ _
And it's not every night a comet [B] comes [E] around.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [E]
It was almost 80 years since [A] its last [E] time through,
_ _ _ _ _ So I bet your mother would have [B] said, Amen, [E] too.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] As its tail stretched out like [E] a stardust streak,
The [A] papers wrote [E] about it every [B] day [E] for a week.
[B] He wondered where it's going and of where [A] it's been
[E] When Hallie came to Jackson in [B] _ [E] 1910.
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Daddy told the baby sleeping in his arm
_ _ _ _ To dream a little dream of a comet's charm.
_ _ _ _ _ And he made a little wish as she slept so _ sound,
_ _ _ _ _ In 1986 that wish came round. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] It came from the east just as [E] bright as a torch,
She [A] saw it [E] in the sky [B] from her [E] daddy's porch.
[B] The seventh ascent as it was back [A] _ _ _ then _
[E] When Hallie came to Jackson [B] in _ [E] _
[B] 1910.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Late one night [A] when the wind [E] was still. _ _
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_ _ _ Late one night when [A] the wind was [E] still,
_ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ Daddy brought the baby to [B] the window [E] sill.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
To see a bit of heaven shoot [A] across the [E]
sky,
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _
The one and only time Daddy [B] saw it [E] fly.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ [B] It came from the east just [E] as bright as a torch,
The [A] neighbors had a [E] party [B] on their [E] porch.
[B] Daddy rocked the baby, Mother said,
[A] Amen, when [E] Hallie came to visit in [B] _ [E] _ 1910. _ _
_ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [E] _ Now back then Jackson was [A] a real small [E] _ town, _ _ _ _
And it's not every night a comet [B] comes [E] around.
_ _ _ _ [B] _ [E]
It was almost 80 years since [A] its last [E] time through,
_ _ _ _ _ So I bet your mother would have [B] said, Amen, [E] too.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] As its tail stretched out like [E] a stardust streak,
The [A] papers wrote [E] about it every [B] day [E] for a week.
[B] He wondered where it's going and of where [A] it's been
[E] When Hallie came to Jackson in [B] _ [E] 1910.
[B] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
Daddy told the baby sleeping in his arm
_ _ _ _ To dream a little dream of a comet's charm.
_ _ _ _ _ And he made a little wish as she slept so _ sound,
_ _ _ _ _ In 1986 that wish came round. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] It came from the east just as [E] bright as a torch,
She [A] saw it [E] in the sky [B] from her [E] daddy's porch.
[B] The seventh ascent as it was back [A] _ _ _ then _
[E] When Hallie came to Jackson [B] in _ [E] _
[B] 1910.
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[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Late one night [A] when the wind [E] was still. _ _
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