When Halley Came To Jackson chords by Emmylou Harris

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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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one night when the wind was still
Daddy brought the baby to
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the windowsill
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To see a bit of heaven
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shoot across the sky
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The one and only time daddy saw it fly
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It came from the east
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just as bright as a torch
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The neighbors had a party
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on their porch
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Daddy rocked the baby,
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mama said amen
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When Hallie came to visit in 1910
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Now back then
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Jackson was a real small town
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And it's not every night
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a comet comes around
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It was almost 80 years
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since his last time through
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So I bet your mother would
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have said amen too
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As his tale stretched out
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like a stardust streak
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The pa pers wrote about it
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every day for a week
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We wondered where it's going
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and where it's been
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When Holly came to Jackson in 1910
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My 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
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In 1986, that wish came round
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It came from the east
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just as bright as a torch
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She saw it in the sky
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from her daddy's porch
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As heavenly sent as it was back then
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When Hallie came to Jackson in 1910
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Late one night when the
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wind was still