Elysium Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

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_ _ _ _ _ I don't really [G] know [C] how [Am] _ I got here [G] this time
_ _ _ I [Am] was only [G] just following [C] orders _ _
[G] _ _ Listening [C] to the [Am] _ voice in my mind _
[G] _ _ Saying [Dm] steer clear of margins [C] and borders
_ [Am] So I wasn't [G] thinking of where we would go
On a cold afternoon through [Dm] the mountains we drove
[Am] Up a few hairpin turns [G] and then spread [C] out below
[Dm] The valley [Am] appeared [F] with the _ [G] sun _ _ _
Like a [C] lazy hoe _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ I looked [C] out the window
And [Am] _ _ [F] stared [G] at the field
_ Where _ [Am] the blue [G] sky and green [C] were combining _
[G] _ I looked [C] back at you _ _
[Am] And [F] I knew [G] we'd be sealed
By _ _ [Am] a fate that [G] has ways [C] of providing
[F] Yes sometimes you get [G] there in spite of the route
[C] Losing track of your life [Dm] and what it's about
[Am] The road seems to know [G] when to straighten [C] right out
[Dm] The [Am] closer [F] you [G] come _ to _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ They say [C] there's a place for [Am] _ _ [F] those [G] who are [G] good
_ _ _ With [F] its pearly gates swinging [C] wide open
[G] And _ the rest [C] of us here [Am] are just [G] knocking on wood
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [G] Quietly, [C] piously hoping
[Am] I could wonder if [G] all of it led me to you
[C] I could show you the [Dm] arrows and circles I drew
[Am] I didn't have a map
[G] It's the best [C] I could do [Dm] on the [Am] fly and on the [G] run
[Am] _ Dreams that were [G] tethered like kites to the ground
[C] To the bridges I've birthed [Dm] and then turning around
[Am] It was here in your heart [G] I was [C] finally found
[Dm] And the [Am] last proud [F] _ [G] one _ for _ _ _ [C] Obesia
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