Mary Chapin Carpenter – Home Is A Song (Guitar)

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As recorded by Mary Chapin Carpenter feat. Anaïs Mitchell (From the 2025 Album PERSONAL HISTORY) [Intro] C F C Am Em F G C F C F C G C [Verse 1]
C         F         C
Love is a language, time is a thief

Am        Em       F         G
Hope is a lantern, breath is relief

C      F        C               F   C
Memory is water pooled in your palm

G         C
Home is a song
[Verse 2]
C            F        C
Twilight's a whisper, night is a chord

Am      Em          F         G
Grudges are poison, anger's a sword

C        F             C           F  C
Beauty's a feeling you feel coming on

G         C
Home is a song
[Chorus]
  G                 F            Am  G
I keep singing like birds in the morning

                        F           Am G
I keep listening to the wind in the trees

                 F        Am   G  F
I keep wondering where am I going

             G
And who will I be
[Verse 3]
C         F          C
Rain is a tear drop, envy's a thorn

Am            Em            F           G
A friend is a lifeboat when lonely is a storm

C       F                  C              F    C
A ghost is a shadow that's here then it's gone

G         C
Home is a song
[Instruemtal Break] C F C Am F G C F C F C G C [Chorus]
       G            F            Am  G
I keep singing like birds in the morning

                        F           Am G
I keep listening to the wind in the trees

                 F        Am   G  F
I keep wondering where am I going

             G
And who will I be
[Verse 4]
C            F           C
A heart is a traveler, a soul is a wing

Am          Em         F          G
Calling all passengers wanting to sing

    C           F    C          F    C
One day we'll arrive where we belong

G               C
Where home is a song

          F    C          F    Am
When we arrive where we belong

G         C  F
Home is a song
[Outro] C F C G C