Mary Chapin Carpenter

[Capo 2; eacb cbord is balf a measure.]
^D [in ^D tro ^G ] ^{D D D A D D D G D D D A D
A} [in ^A tro ^D ] ^{D G D A D A A Bm G D D A D
D} Late one ^D night when the ^G wind was ^D still ^{D D G D
D} Daddy brought the ^D baby to the ^A window ^D sill ^{D D A D}
To ^D see a bit of ^D heaven shoot ac ^G ross the ^D sky ^{D D G D}
The ^D one and only ^D time Daddy ^A saw it ^D fly ^{D D A D}
It ^A came from the ^A east just as ^D bright as a ^D torch
The ^G neighbors had a ^D party o ^A n their p ^D orch
^A Daddy rocked the ^A baby, Mother ^Bm said "a ^G men"
When ^D Halley came to ^D visit in ^A nineteen ^D ten
^D [in ^D str ^G ume ^D ntal] ^{D D A D D D G D D D A D}
Now back then Jackson was a real small town
And it's not every night a comet comes around
It was almost eighty years since its last time through
So I bet your mother would've said "amen" too
As its tail stretched out like a stardust streak
The papers wrote about it every day for a week
They wondered where it's going and where it's been
When Halley came to Jackson in 1910
^A [in ^A str ^D ume ^D ntal] ^{G D A D A A Bm G G G G D D A D}
D5 ...
Now Daddy told the baby sleeping in his arms
To dream a little dream of a comet's charms
And he made a little wish as she slept so sound
In nineteen eighty-six that wish came 'round ... D D A D
It ^A came from the ^A east, just as ^D bright as a ^D torch
She ^G saw it in the ^D sky from her ^A daddy's ^D porch
A A Bm G ^pause
As heavenly sent as it was back then
When ^D Halley came to ^Bm Jackson in ^A nineteen ^D ten
^A [in ^A str ^D ume ^D ntal] ^{G D A D A A Bm G D Bm A D
D} Late one ^D night when the ^G wind was ^D still
D D G D D D A D.
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