A Keeper for Every Flame chords by
Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Key: A major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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She says it's been so long,

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she can't remember when

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The mention of his name

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didn't make her feel again

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That everything is possible and every

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day a brand new start

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Yeah, love's something powerful when

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it finds a willing heart

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Sometimes it's a fire

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burning out of control

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Sometimes it's a candle

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burning long and low

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All these years she never let it go

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There's a keeper for every flame

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There is someone in his past that he

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hasn't gotten over yet

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Each day's like the last,

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he just misses what he can't forget

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It's just an empty space

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where something used to be

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Now he guards the gate,

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but he's lost the key

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So no one enters,

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but no one leaves

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There's a keeper for every flame

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Thought my heart had broken,

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but it was just a little bruised

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I thought love had spoken,

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I guess I was just confused

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Sometimes we were a fire

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burning out of control

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Sometimes we were nothing

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but a candle glow

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But it never died, baby,

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how I know

Outro 1

There's a keeper for every flame

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Chords

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Capo: 2

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The original key of A Keeper for Every Flame by Mary Chapin Carpenter is A major.

The primary chords used in A Keeper for Every Flame are D, A, F#m, E, C#m.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like D, A, F#m, E, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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