Chords for Mary Chapin Carpenter - Songs From Home Episode 9: Chasing What’s Already Gone

Welcome back everyone to Songs From Home.
I'm here with Angus.
Come here, come here.
_ _ I can't believe he's woken up from the nap.
It's a shock, I know.
Anyway, we're glad to be back with you to play another song.
Hope everyone is well.
Hope the sun's found you wherever you are.
And perhaps spring is on the way as well.
_ This [F] is a song that I got a lot of requests for and I'm very happy to play it.
[Db] It's from the Ashes and Roses [Bb] album.
[F] _ And while on first listen it may seem to be mostly about loss,
it's also about how loss is transformative.
_ We may come out different [Bb] [F] on the other side of an experience.
But [Bb] we have the [F] chance [Db] to be better [N] for it.
That's what we need to think.
It's called Chasing What's Already [F] Gone. _
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_ _ _ _ _ [C] There's [F] a big white house on the free street.
[Bb] _ _ [F] [C] On [F] summer's day in 1963.
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ [C] [F] Station wagons parked in the track.
_ _ [C] [F] Dancing with thunder and wood on the side.
[C] _ [Bb] These kids and [F] dogs and this attitude.
[C] Stripping apart in the [Bb] sun.
Not just [Dm] yet, but one day [C] too.
Looking chasing what's [F] already gone.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] [F] Grow up tall and you grow up tough.
_ [C] Try [F] to never admit not feeling good enough.
_ [C] They [F] tell you find your passion and you'll find your way.
[C] Just [F] trying to make it on the skate through every day.
_ _ _ [C] [Bb] And it seems [F] to happen nearly overnight.
[C] Life shows you who [F] you've become.
[Bb] But there's no more [F] mystery in the fade of [C] light.
It's chasing what's [F]
already gone.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Bb] Like the line that spells [F] the far horizon. _ _
_ [Gm] [C] It's [Am] chasing what's already gone.
I feel _ _ [C]
[Bb] like you [Dm] paid no attention.
The rest of cats [Gm] are wondering what you [C] should have done.
Instead of chasing what's [F] already gone.
_ [Bb] _ [D] Yeah, [C] yeah, [F] yeah, yeah, _ _ _ yeah.
[C] _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [F] I saw my father in a dream last night. _
[C] [F] He was smiling and saying it's going to be alright. _
[C] And [F] this morning I stared back at [Bb] myself.
[C] _ [F] Feeling as empty as I've [F] ever felt before.
_ [C] [Bb] But I keep [F] on rolling and I hope I'll learn.
[C] To ignore what's right [Bb] and wrong.
It's ashes and [Dm] roses and time that [C] burns.
We're [Gm] chasing [C] what's already [Bb] gone.
Ashes and [F] roses are hard to [C] break.
I tried [Bb] so hard to be strong.
And maybe [F] my worst but not my [Gm] first.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ Chasing what's [F]
already gone.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] Chasing _ [C] what's [F]
already gone.
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _
[Gb] Good to see you everyone.
Till [E] the next time.
Take good care.
Stay mighty.
_ _ White kitty, Angus and I will see you soon.