Mary Chapin Carpenter – Transcendental Reunion (Guitar)

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From the magnificent 2012 Ashes and Roses album. Mary uses a capo to play the chords at the 8th fret. This is tabbed for novice players to play the same chords in the open position. [Intro] F [Verse 1]
F
From 20,000 feet high, I saw the lights below me

                     Bb                      F
Twinkling just like Christmas, We descended slowly

F
And the curve of the world passed, with all of that flying

                 Bb                         F
above the mighty ocean, and now we all are arriving

F
Grab the carry on baggage, join the herd for the mad run

                   Bb                             F
take place in the long line, where does everyone come from

F
As we shuffle on forward, as we wait for inspection

                      Bb                       F
Dont be holding that line up, at the end lies redemption

F                            Bb
oh oh oh, hey hey hey, ah ah ah
[Verse]
F
Now I'm stamped and I'm waved through, I take up my position

                     Bb                        F
at the mouth of the cannon, saying prayers of contrition

F
Please deliver my suitcase, from all mischief and peril

                     Bb                         F
now the sight of it circling, is a hymn to the faithful

F
Forgive my staring, for my unconcealed envy

                 Bb                            F
in the hall of arrivals, where the great river empties

F
Its hand carts and porters, all the people it carries

                    Bb                        F
to be greeted with flowers, grandfathers and babies

F         Bb           F
oh oh oh, hey hey hey, oh oh oh
[Instrumental] F C Bb x4 [Verse 3]
F
There is no one to meet me, yet I'm all but surrounded

                  Bb                    F
by the tears and embracing, by the joy unbounded

F
The friends and relations, Leaping over hemispheres

                Bb                      F
Transcendental Reunion, all borders vanish here

F
We are travellers travelling, we are gypsies together

                    Bb                            F
we're philosophers gathering, we are business or pleasure

F
We are going or coming, we are just finding our way

                   Bb                        F
to the next destination and from night into day

C          Bb           F
oh oh oh, hey hey hey, oh oh oh

C          Bb           F
oh oh oh, hey hey hey, oh oh oh
[Outro]
F
In a giant bird's belly, I flew over the ocean

                      Bb                               F
from twenty thousand feet high, how those lights were glowing