Elysium Chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

_ _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ _ don't really [C] know _ [Am] how I got here this time _ _ _ I [Am] was [G] only just following [C] orders _ _
[G] _ _ listening [C] to the [Am] _ _ [F] voice [G] in my mind _ _ saying [F] steer clear [G] of margins [C] and borders
_ [F] 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] liaison _ _ _ [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
we [G] were sealed by _ _ [Am] a fate [G] that has ways [C] of providing
_ [F] sometimes you get [G] there in spite of the route [C] losing track of your life [Dm] and what
it's about the road [Am] seems to know [G] when to straighten [C] right out [Dm] _ [Am] closer [F] you [G] come _ _ _ _
to a [Dm] place _ _ [G] they _
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[C] there's a place _ [Am] _ [F] for those [G] who are [G] good _ _ _ with [Am] its pearly gates
swinging [C] wide open [G] the _ rest [C] of us here [Am] are just knocking [G] on wood
_ _ _ _ _ [F] quietly [G]
piously [C] hoping I [Am] could wonder if [Am] all of it [G] led me to you [C] I could show you
the arrows and [Dm] 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 [F] on the [G] _ [Am] run
dreams that were [G] tethered like kites to the ground [C] to the bridges that birthed
[D] and then turning around it was here in your heart [G] I was [C] finally found [Dm] and the
[Am] last [F] battle [G] won _ for _ _ we
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