Between the Wars (Charleston 1937) chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Take the train, down Friday next
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In summer hat,
and linen dress
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Hail a taxi, at the station
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There will be artichokes,
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and cabbages
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Sweet honeycombs,
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and radishes
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To feed, your grateful nation
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Verse 2
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Bring paper,
easel, pen, and ink
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To set up, on the lawn
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Where summer mornings,
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brim with light
And evenings, filled with birdsong
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Between the wars
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Verse 3
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Ginger cakes,
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are served with tea
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Lovers,       orbit endlessly
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And your children,
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march like soldiers
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Their nets, for catching butterflies
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Fill up with wind, and      sit up high
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Like rifles,
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at their shoulders
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Verse 4
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This is where, you fled the world
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This is where, you gather
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Take up,  take up,
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your skirts and twirl
Angels, through the asters
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Between the wars

Interlude 1

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Verse 5
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A telegram, arrives from Spain
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The earth, falls off its axis
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Grief hands down,
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a kind of pain
You can't prepare,

Interlude 2

or practice

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Verse 6
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You paint the tables,
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paint    the walls
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The mantles, mirrors,
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lamps and halls
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Paint every, single,
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surface
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No corner here, will go untouched
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By loss and love,
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and by your brush
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Such emptiness, is worthless
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Verse 7
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There are no ghosts,
except the ones
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Leaving us behind
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We wave and shout,
come back, come back
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Frozen now, in time
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Between the wars