Mary Chapin Carpenter – Come On Come On (Guitar)

Capo 1
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Versions (2)

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Chords

     A        D      A   E
Some people remember the first time

A             D   A   E
Some can't forget the last

Bm                         C#5          E
Some just select what they want to from the past

       A             D      A     E
It's a song that you danced to in high school

       A        D        A     E
It's a moon you tried to bring down

     Bm                  C#5
On a four in the morning drive

                    E
Through the streets of town
[Chorus]
D               E                      A
Come on come on, it's getting late now

D               E             A
Come on come on, take my hand

D               E                        A
Come on come on, you just have to whisper

D               E                 A
Come on come on, I will understand
[Verse 2]
       A          D     A   E
It's a photograph taken in Paris

       A          D   A   E
At the end of the honeymoon

   Bm    C#5                  E
In 1948, late in the month of June

     A       D     A       E
Your parents smile for the camera

     A        D      A   E
In the sienna shades of light

           Bm
Now you're older than they were

C#5              E
Then that summer night
[Chorus]
D               E                      A
Come on come on, it's getting late now

D               E             A
Come on come on, take my hand

D               E                        A
Come on come on, you just have to whisper

D               E                 A
Come on come on, I will understand
[Bridge]
D
It's a need you never get used to

F#m
So fierce and so confused

D
It's a loss you never get over

                   E    A
The first time you lose
[Solo] D E A D E A D E A D E A [Verse 3]
        A         D  A       E
And tonight I am thinking of someone

A         D     A E
Seventeen years ago

   Bm                  C#5
We rode in his daddy's car

               E
Down the river road
[Chorus]
D               E                      A
Come on come on, it's getting late now

D               E             A
Come on come on, take my hand

D               E                        A
Come on come on, you just have to whisper

D               E                 A
Come on come on, I will understand

D               E                      A
Come on come on, it's getting late now

D               E             A
Come on come on, take my hand

D               E                        A
Come on come on, you just have to whisper

D               E                 A
Come on come on, I will understand