88 Constellations chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Intro 1

F#m

Verse 1
G 
These
A 
D 
days are made of leaving home
A 
But every thought is of returning
F#m 
In between is simply known for the
G 
gasoline I'm burning
A 
D 
Drop the bags inside the door
A 
And out of habit pause to listen
It's the same as before
F#m 
There's always something
G 
that feels missing

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Verse 2

But not the ghosts and snakes

I swept away

Though that seemed as good

a place to start

I go forward or fall

Verse 3
D 
back
Em 
Forge ahead or veer off track
G 
Flaming out or fade to black
A 
Stars careening in their crosses
D 
Someone's always just ahead
Em 
Heels dug in or being led
G 
Nothing's perfect I once said
A 
And I learned to cut my losses
Em 
G 
But I could not fix the broken part
A 
D 
and a tear stained heart
A 
F#m 

Verse 4
G 
A 
D 
I fill my passport with the miles
A 
Dawn is breaking out the window
F#m 
Climb the steps and   walk the aisles
G 
Just another moving shadow
A 
D 
You know it's easier to be all
A 
alone instead of lonely
F#m 
Yet I know some part of    me
G 
Feels a part of you still owns me

Verse 5
Em 
Way down deep where
G 
it will not be seen
Em 
But there's no doubt that you
G 
have left your mark
A 
You go forward or fall

Verse 6
D 
back
Em 
Forge ahead or veer off track
G 
Flaming out or fade to black
A 
Stars careening in their crosses
D 
Someone's always just ahead
Em 
Heels dug in or being led
G 
Nothing's perfect you once said
A 
You're the king of all lost causes
Em 
G 
But I still wait for you because I'm not
A 
D 
A 
In my tear stained heart
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D 

Interlude 1

Verse 7
A 
D 
These wondrous days we travel fast
A 
And the clearer I am seeing
Trade the baggage of the
D 
past
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G 
For the lightness of being
A 
D 
I am studying the stars,
A 
all 88 constellations
F#m 
I can sense you from afar,
G 
from my earthly destinations

Verse 8

And in the wind and in every highway song

A match that strikes or in a random spark

We go forward or fall

Verse 9
D 
back
Em 
Forge ahead or veer off track
G 
Flaming out, we fade to black
A 
Stars careening as they beckon
It's just open road ahead
D 
The sound of twilight,
Em 
maps un  read
G 
Nothing's perfect it's been said
A 
This is pretty close I reckon