Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter - Songs From Home Episode 25: Stones In The Road

_ Hi everyone, welcome back to Songs From Home.
I'm here with my BFF Angus.
We're out here
on the porch.
It's a beautiful summer's day here in Virginia.
You can hear the birds.
You might hear the trains if we're still here when it goes by.
The sun is shining, very
little humidity.
Enjoy.
And I'm playing _ another song for you today.
Just quickly, I was so
happy to be able to announce my new record coming out this past Thursday.
It didn't come
out last Thursday, but rather we announced it last [Bb] Thursday.
And it does come out August
7th.
So I hope you'll look forward to them.
And I'll have much more to say about it in
the near future, but I'm truly excited about [N] the new music, _ being able to share it with
you.
_ Today, I'd like to play a song that's been requested quite a bit in the last few
weeks especially. _ _
[F] _ [Bb] _ [A] _ [F] _ _ I wrote it _ back in the last century.
_ _ [Bb] [F] It _ has a lot of memories about growing
up [Eb] and in particular the year [F] [Dm] 1968 and the [F] turmoil and upheaval [Bb] in our country during that period.
[F] _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _
[F] _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] And we [Gm] were young and we pledged [F] allegiance.
We had [Cm] no worry of our [Bb] [F] lives.
The [Gm] classroom rang with [F] children's voices.
[Bb] Under teachers' watchful eyes.
[F] We [Eb] learned about the world [F] around us.
[Cm] At our desks and at dinner [Bb] time.
[F] We were [Eb] reminded of the [F] starving children who [Bb] cleaned our face with guilty [Eb] hands.
[F] And the stones in the [Bb] road were shown [F] like diamonds in the [Cm] dust.
[F] Until [Gm] a voice [Dm] called to [F] us to [Bb] make our [F] way back [Bb] home.
[F] [Eb] I was ten, my [F] father held me on his [Cm] shoulders [Bb] above the [F] crowd [Eb] to see a strange and [F] fateful morning.
[Bb] I saw a radio broadcast.
[F] It was [Eb] good old news with all [F] day's show.
[Cm] At the sacred [Bb] candle [F] ground and the TV glowed that long hot summer.
[Bb] All the cities burned down.
[F] And stones and [Bb] gold flew [F] out beneath our [Cm] bicycle tires.
[F] The rules we [Gm] learned from [Bb] all those miles [F] as we reached each other's heart.
[G] _ _ [F] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ [F] [Eb] And now we drink our coffee on the run.
[F]
Climb that ladder and run by run.
We are at [Gm] the dawn of the sun.
[F] Here comes the long instant.
_ _ _ [Eb] The starving children [F] have been replaced.
[Cm] Our souls are on the [F] street.
We [Gm] dare the dollar when [F] we pass.
We [Bb] hope our eyes will [F] open.
We cancel [G] in, we [F] cancel out.
We [Cm] fade the corner of [Bb] sleep.
[F] We kiss [G] your ass.
We [F] hold the doctor [Bb] who perceived.
[G] _ [F] And stones and gold, [Bb] they [F] fly out from [Cm] beneath our wheels.
[Gm] Another day, [F] another day [Bb] before [F] we get back home.
[Bb] _ [Gm] _ [F]
Stones and gold, [Bb] they [F] mark whence they came.
[Cm] [F] A thousand [Gm] hearts, [F] a rival shame.
[Bb] They [F] hide on [F] the road.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ [Gm] _
_ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
A thousand hearts, a rival shame.
_ They hide on the road.
Stay well.
Wear your mask.
And stay mighty.
We'll see you the next time. _