HALLEY CAME TO JACKSON (Mary-Chapin Carpenter) ---------------------------------------------- [Capo 2; each chord is half a measure.]

^D[in^Dtro^G] ^D ^D ^D ^A ^D ^D ^D ^G ^D ^D ^D ^A ^D ^A[in^Atro^D] ^D ^G ^D ^A ^D ^A ^A ^Bm ^G ^D ^D ^A ^D

^DLate one ^Dnight when the ^Gwind was ^Dstill ^D ^D ^G ^D ^DDaddy brought the ^Dbaby to the ^Awindow ^Dsill ^D ^D ^A ^D To ^Dsee a bit of ^Dheaven shoot ac^Gross the ^Dsky ^D ^D ^G ^D The ^Done and only ^Dtime Daddy ^Asaw it ^Dfly ^D ^D ^A ^D

It ^Acame from the ^Aeast just as ^Dbright as a ^Dtorch The ^Gneighbors had a ^Dparty o^An their p^Dorch ^ADaddy rocked the ^Ababy, Mother ^Bmsaid &q^Guot;amen" When ^DHalley came to ^Dvisit in ^Anineteen ^Dten

^D[in^Dstr^Gume^Dntal]^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[in^Astr^Dume^Dntal]^G ^D ^A ^D ^A ^A ^Bm ^G ^G ^G ^G ^D ^D ^A ^D D5 ... 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 ^Acame from the ^Aeast, just as ^Dbright as a ^Dtorch She ^Gsaw it in the ^Dsky from her ^Adaddy's ^Dporch A A Bm G [pause] As heavenly sent as it was back then When ^DHalley came to ^BmJackson in ^Anineteen ^Dten

^A[in^Astr^Dume^Dntal]^G ^D ^A ^D ^A ^A ^Bm ^G ^D ^Bm ^A ^D ^DLate one ^Dnight when the ^Gwind was ^Dstill D D G D D D A D. [instrumental]

- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

Mary Chapin Carpenter - Halley came to jackson