Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter - Songs From Home Episode 46: It's Ok To Be Sad

[E] _ _ _ _ Hi everyone.
Welcome back to Songs from Home. _ _ _
Here with my pal, Angus.
_ _ [N] _ _
White Kitty was actually strolling down the hall a few minutes ago,
but I think she's finally made it to her sleeping lounge,
so we probably won't see her. _ _
But our pal is here, _ taking up the slack. _
_ Thank you for tuning back in this week,
_ _ everybody.
Here _ he goes.
_ _ _ I hope that you're doing alright this week.
_ It's been an exhausting rollercoaster, as we knew it probably would be. _
And
_ _ _ _ who knows when it will end.
But it will at some point. _
Let's see.
I saw in the comments
that someone said that they missed my kitchen.
And that made me happy.
So today, we are back
in the kitchen, making some music.
_ _ Let's see.
What else?
Eagle Eyes will spot that
I'm playing my [Bb] _
old HD28 Martin.
_ _ I don't take it out on the road all that often,
but it's my number one studio guitar _
_ for so many albums and songs.
And I just felt like breaking it open today.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [E]
And it's time for another song from my new album,
The Dirt and the Stars.
_ [G] _ This song _ [Bb]
speaks to how I'm [G] feeling, and
perhaps [D] _
[Em] how you're feeling [G] as well.
So, _ it's okay to be [Bb] sad.
_ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ It's okay to [D] be [G] sad.
_ It's [Bm] alright to be lonely.
[G] _ _ You [Bm] won't [D] always feel _ [G] bad.
_ [D] _ [G]
Somebody told me
_ _ [D] these feelings like weather,
[G] _ _ _ [D] they come and they go.
[G] _ _ _ [Bm] Today I felt better.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G]
Tomorrow who [D] _ [C] knows?
[G] _ _ [D]
Could there be healing [G] in this fit?
[D] [G] Instead of breaking I'm [C] holding.
_ [G] _ [D] The cracks beginning [G] to spread.
[Em] Is me breaking [C] open?
_ [G] _ [D] And if I let [G] everything in,
[D] [G] the shadows as well [C] as the light,
_ how else could I know [D] I'm alright?
_ How else could I [G] know?
_ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ It's okay to [D] be [G] tired.
_ _ [D] Fuck all the excuses.
[G] _ _ _ _ _
[D] Whatever's on [G] fire.
_ _ [D] _
[G] There's no day [D] that's useless.
[G] _ _ [D] What's hollow and empty?
[G] _ _ [D] What's lost and [G] undone?
_ _ [D] What can and what [G] can't be
_ [D] is [G] how you [D] become.
[C] _ [G] _ _ [D]
Could there be beauty in [G] this fit?
Instead of breaking you're [C] holding.
_ [G] _ [D] Let the cracks beginning [G] to spread.
It's the way you break open.
[C] _ _ [G] [D] And if you let [G] everything [D] in,
the [G] shadows as well as [C] the light, _
how else could you know [D] you're alright? _
How else would you [C] know?
_ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D]
Could there be healing [G] in this fit?
_ [D] [Em] Instead of breaking we're [C] holding.
_ [G] Let [D] the cracks beginning [G] to spread.
[Em] It's the way we break [C] open.
_ [G] _ [D] _
Could there be loving [G] in this fit?
Instead of breaking we're holding.
[C] _ _ [G] [D] Let the cracks beginning [G] to spread.
It's the way we break open.
[C] _ _ [G] [D] And when we let _ [G] everything in,
[D] the [G]
shadows as [D] well as [C] the light, _ _
that's how we know [D] we're alright. _ _
That's how we know.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] That's _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E]
it from us and everybody.
Thank you so much for tuning back in.
From White Kitty, from Angus, from myself, from the kitchen.
_ We will see [Bb] you the next time.
Until then, you know exactly what to do.
Stay well, stay strong, wear your mask everywhere.
Carry on and always stay mighty.
We'll see you the next time.
Bye.