When Halley Came To Jackson chords by Emmylou Harris

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