Carissa Chords by Sun Kil Moon

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_ [Gm] _ Oh, Chris, when I first saw you, [Cm] you [Bb] were a lovely child.
[Eb] And the last [Bb] time I saw you, you [Cm] were fifteen and [Bb] pregnant and running wild.
[Gm] I remember [Bb] wondering, could there [Gm] be a light at [Cm] the end [Bb] of your tunnel?
_ [Eb] But I left [Bb] Ohio then, [Cm] and pretty much forgotten [Bb] all about you.
[Gm] _ I [Bb] guess you were there some years ago at a family funeral.
_ But you were one of so many [Cm] relatives, I didn't [Bb] know which one was you.
[Gm] _ _ [Bb] Yesterday morning I woke up [Cm] to so many [Bb] 330 area code [Eb] calls.
I [Bb] called my mom back and she was in [Cm] tears and [Bb] asked how to spoke to my [Gm] father.
_ [Bb] Carissa burned to death last night in a freak accident fire.
[Eb] In her yard [Bb] and rooster, her daughter [Cm] came home from a [Bb] party and found her.
_ [Cm] Same [Bb] way as mom, _ _ [Cm] who [Bb] was her grandfather.
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] An aerosol can blew up in the [Cm] trash, god [Bb] damn, what were the odds?
[Gm] [Cm] She was [Bb] just getting ready to go to her midnight shift as an RN in [Eb] Wadsworth.
And she [Bb] vanished up in flames [Gm] like that, but there [Bb] had to be more to her [Gm] life's work.
[Bb] Everyone's grieving and out of [Cm] their minds, [Bb] making arrangements and taking drugs.
But I'm flying out there tomorrow [Cm] because I need to give [Bb] and get some hug.
[Gm] _ Cause I got questions _ [Cm] that [Bb] I'd like to get answered.
_ [Eb] I may [Bb] never get them, [Cm] but Carissa, I gotta [Bb] know how did it happen?
[Eb] _ Carissa [Gm] was 35, [F] you don't [Bb] just raise two kids and take [Eb] out your trash and die. _
_ _ _ She [Gm] was my second cousin, [F] I didn't [Bb] know her well at all, but it don't mean that I [Eb] _ wasn't.
_ _ _ _ [Gm] Meant to find some [Bb] poetry to make some sense of this, to [Eb] find a deeper meaning. _
_ _ In this [Bb] senseless tragedy, oh Carissa, I'll sing your name [Eb] across every sea. _
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_ [Gm] Were you [F] doing [Bb] someone _ [Gm] _ _ [Bb] else's choice for me?
[Eb] Were you just [Bb] killing time, [Cm] finding things to do all [Bb] by your lonesome?
[Cm] Was it even [Bb] you who [Cm] mistakenly put [Bb] flammables in the trash?
[Eb] Was it your [Bb] kids just being kids?
If [Cm] so, the guilt [Bb] they will carry around [Gm] forever.
But I'm [Bb] going out there [Gm] to get a look [Bb] at the landscapes.
_ [Eb] To get a look [Bb] at those I'm connected [Cm] by blood and see [Bb] how it all may have shaped me.
[Gm] Well, I'm [Bb] going out there, [Cm] _ though I'm [Bb] not really needed.
_ [Eb] _ I'm just [Bb] so broken up about it, [Cm] how is it that this [Bb] sad history repeats?
[Gm] _ I'll return [Bb] to Ohio, _ to the place I was spawned.
_ _ [Eb] Gonna see [Bb] where I hunt with my cousins [Cm] and play with them [Bb] in the snow.
_ _ [Cm] Gonna see [Bb] how they've grown, visit some graves and say, hey, I've missed you.
[Eb] Gonna find [Bb] out as much as I can [Cm] about my little [Bb] second cousin Carissa.
Gonna go to Ohio, _ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] where I was born.
_ [Eb] Got a [Bb] 1045 AM flight, [Cm] I'm leaving [Bb] tomorrow morning.
_ _ [Cm] Gonna [Bb] see my aunts and uncles, [Cm] my [Bb] parents and sisters.
_ [Eb] Mostly I'm [Bb] going to pay my respects to [Cm] my little [Bb] second cousin Carissa.
Going to Ohio, where I feel I belong.
_ [Eb] Ask those who know [Bb] the most about Carissa, [Cm] for it is her [Bb] life and death that I'm [Eb] helplessly drawn.
Carissa [Gm] was 35, [Bb] raised kids, and she was 15 years [Eb] old and suddenly died. _
_ _ Next to an [Gm] old brand new fire pit.
Oh, there's gotta be [Bb] more than that, [Eb] dude. _ _ _
_ _ She was [Gm] only my second cousin, [Bb] but it don't mean that I'm not here for her, [Eb] or that I wasn't.
_ _ _ [Gm] Meant to give her life [F] poetry, to [Bb] make sure her name was known across every sea. _
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