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Note On A Windshield chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

  • D

  • F#m

    2
  • G

  • A

  • Asus4

  • E

  • Bm

    2
Intro 1
D
F#m
G
A
Asus4
A
Verse 1
D
I circled twice then
pulled in by the shopping carts
A
In a cold steady rain coming
down in the parking lot
F#m
I saw him leave his truck
running and duck into the store
G
I just sat there thinking I'd seen him before

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Verse 2
D
There was something so familiar about him
A
In the eyes of someone
who hasn't forgotten
F#m
The shape of a chance as it
catches the light
G
In the millions of rain drops falling that night
Verse 3
A
G
F#m
So I dug in my bag for a pen
and some paper
G
E
A
Found an envelope, tore it in half
F#m
G
I wrote down some words with my
F#m
name and my number
G
E
A
And then I took a big breath
Verse 4
D
There's nothing holding us down
F#m
I'm not made of stone or of steel
G
I slipped it beneath the wiper blades
A
Asus4
A
Just a note on a windshield
Verse 5
D
When you find yourself out
of things to believe in
A
Apart and adrift,
no point and no reason
F#m
Is there nothing to fear because
there's nothing to lose?
G
If it were a choice which one
Verse 6
would you choose?
D
There's time you can trust
and time that you question
A
Time you ignore and time
F#m
you don't mention
Time that you wish you could
get back somehow
G
When see you how fast its
A
G
flying by now
Verse 7
F#m
D
There's nothing holding us down
F#m
I'm not made of stone or of steel
G
Will the wind blow you away
A
Asus4
Like a note on a windshield
Verse 8
A
D
There's nothing holding us down
F#m
And no words for the way that you feel
G
You just watch the rain pour
A
Asus4
On a note on a windshield
A
Interlude 1
D
F#m
G
A
D
A
Verse 9
D
Some days I still think I
could be someone else
A
Those are the days I feel
F#m
lost to myself
Mistaking a stranger, misplacing a heart
G
How to put back together
Verse 10
what's been taken apart
D
I didn't want to leave but I
didn't want to linger
A
Fa talist, optimist, magical thinker
F#m
You only hold on until you let go
G
A
G
Turning the key, I pulled away slow
Verse 11
F#m
E
D
There's nothing holding us down
F#m
As my hands were turning the wheel
G
The rain washed words away
A
From a note on a windshield
There's nothing holding
D
us down
F#m
When there's nothing left to reveal
G
We are light, we are weightless and
A
Asus4
brave Like a note on a windshield
A
Outro 1
D
F#m
G
A
Bm
A
D
F#m
G
A
Bm
A
D
F#m
G
G
G
A
A
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