Mary Chapin Carpenter – Coda (Guitar)

Capo 2
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Released: 6 June 2025 Album: Personal History [Chords] [Dsus2/F# 2x0230] [G6 320030] Capo: 2 fret [Intro] Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 Dsus2 [Verse 1]
    Dsus2
I remember late one night,

        Asus4
How the star's ancient light,

Dsus2/F#  G6          Asus4         Dsus2
Seemed to reach right down from the sky,

       Dsus2/F#
Wonder finds us where it will,

     Asus4
Stay open and be still,

Dsus2/F#  G6              Asus4         Dsus2
And       trust what's in front of your eyes.
[Chorus 1]
Dsus2/F#   G6              Asus4
Tomorrow's sun is bound to rise and set,

Dsus2/F#  G6                  Asus4
On the    promises we haven't broken yet,

Dsus2/F#  G6
We'll  do all of that and more,

            Bm              Dsus2/F#
That's what growing older's for,

          G6                              Asus4
Pick your battles, lose your wars, and forgive what's left.
[Verse 2]
    Dsus2
I remember being alone,

          Asus4
Wondering how I'd make it home,

Dsus2/F#  G6             Asus4        Dsus2
Breaking  bottles on the stones in my path,

       Dsus2/F#
It was all so long ago,

        Asus4
All the trouble and the woe,

Dsus2/F#  G6             Asus4     Dsus2
Yet  I'm  still cleaning up broken glass.
[Chorus 2]
Dsus2/F#       G6               Asus4
We're all just cosmic dust from outer space,

    Dsus2/F#  G6               Asus4
And we'll  be gone one day without a trace,

    Dsus2/F#  G6
But in      between we may divine,

       Bm          Dsus2/F#
In the fullness of time,

    G6                           Asus4     Asus4
The fine line between a gift and a mistake.
[Post-Chorus] Dsus2/F# Asus4 Dsus2/F# G6 Asus4 Dsus2
Dsus2/F# G6   Dsus2/F#  G6
         Ooh, ooh,      ooh,

     Asus4
Ooh, ooh,

Dsus2/F# G6   Dsus2/F#  G6
         Ooh, ooh,      ooh,

Asus4
Oooh,

Dsus2/F# G6   Dsus2/F#  G6
         Ooh, ooh,      ooh,

Bm    Dsus2/F#   G6   Asus4
Oooh, ooh.
[Verse 3]
       Dsus2
I'll remember the saving graces,

          Asus4
And those old Super 8s,

Dsus2/F#  G6         Asus4           Dsus2
Where  we raced like sparks down the sand,

    Dsus2/F#
The bargain life insists upon,

    Asus4
For you and me, we just get one,

Dsus2/F#  G6          Asus4      Dsus2
It's      always been out of our hands.
[Chorus 2]
    Dsus2/F#   G6                      Asus4
But after      life's big acts and its interludes,

    Dsus2/F#  G6                     Asus4
Are quiet     mornings of coffee and gratitude,

Dsus2/F#  G6
And   a   coda without words,

        Bm        Dsus2/F#
And the poetry of birds,

        G6                                    Asus4
And the wild and brave and shining hearts you mattered to.
[Outro] Dsus2/F# Asus4 Dsus2/F# G6 Dsus2/F# Asus4 Dsus2
 Dsus2/F#  G6  Dsus2/F#  G6    Dsus2/F#  Asus4
(Ah   da   da) ooh       ooh, (ah        da)

 Dsus2/F#  G6  Dsus2/F#  G6    Dsus2/F#  Asus4
(Doo)      ooh ooh       ooh,            ooh,

Dsus2/F#  G6   Dsus2/F#  G6    Bm      Asus4  G6  Dsus2/F# Asus4
          Ooh, ooh       ooh,  oooh    oooh,

Dsus2/F#  G6   Dsus2/F#  G6    Dsus2/F#  Asus4
          Ooh, ooh,      ooh   ooh       ooh,

Dsus2/F#  G6   Dsus2/F#  G6    Dsus2/F#  Asus4
          Ooh, ooh,      ooh   ooh       ooh,

Dsus2/F#  G6   Dsus2/F#  G6    Bm      Asus4 G6  Dsus2/F# Asus4
          Ooh, ooh,      ooh   oooh    oooh,

Dsus2/F#  G6   Dsus2/F#  G6    Dsus2/F#  Asus4
          Ooh, ooh,      ooh   ooh       ooh,

Dsus2/F#  G6   Dsus2/F#  G6    Dsus2/F#  Asus4
          Ooh, ooh,      ooh   ooh       ooh,

Dsus2/F#  G6   Dsus2/F#  G6    Bm      Asus4  G6  G6
          Ooh, ooh,      ooh   oooh    oooh   ooh . . ..
Asus4 Asus4 Asus4