Halley Came To Jackson
Mary Chapin CarpenterVersion1
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Late one night when the wind was still
Daddy brought the baby to the window sill
To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky
The one and only time Daddy saw it fly
It came from the east just as bright as a torch
The neighbors had a party on their porch
Daddy rocked the baby, Mother said "amen"
When Halley came to visit in nineteen ten
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
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 came from the east, just as bright as a torch
She saw it in the sky from her daddy's porch
As heavenly sent as it was back then
When Halley came to Jackson in nineteen ten
Late one night when the wind was still
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Readable chord sheet for Halley Came To Jackson by Mary Chapin Carpenter
[D] [D] [G] [D] [D] [D] [A] [D] [D] [D] [G] [D] [D] [D] [A] [D] [A] [A] [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] [D] [G] [D] [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] [A] [D] [D] [G] [D] [A] [D] [A] [A] [Bm] [G] [G] [G] [G] [D] [D] [A] [D] Now [D5]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] [A] [D] [D] [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]