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Halley Came To Jackson by Mary Chapin Carpenter Halley Came To Jackson Capo: 2nd fret [Capo 2; each chord is half a measure.] D D G D D D A D D D G D D D A D [intro] A A D D G D A D A A Bm G D D A D [intro] D D G D D D G D Late one night when the wind was still D D A D D D A D Daddy brought the baby to the window sill D D G D D D G D To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky D D A D D D A D The one and only time Daddy saw it fly A A D D It came from the east just as bright as a torch G D A D The neighbors had a party on their porch A A Bm G Daddy rocked the baby, Mother said \\"amen\\" D D A D When Halley came to visit in nineteen ten D D G D D D A D D D G D D D A D [instrumental] Now back then Jackson was a real small town And it''''s not every night a comet comes around It was almost eighty years since its last time through So I bet your mother would''''ve said \\"amen\\" too As its tail stretched out like a stardust streak The papers wrote about it every day for a week They wondered where it''''s going and where it''''s been When Halley came to Jackson in 1910 A A D D G D A D A A Bm G G G G D D A D [instrumental] D5 ... Now 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 In nineteen eighty-six that wish came ''''round ... D D A D A A D D It came from the east, just as bright as a torch G D A D She saw it in the sky from her daddy''''s porch A A Bm G [pause] As heavenly sent as it was back then D Bm A D When Halley came to Jackson in nineteen ten A A D D G D A D A A Bm G D Bm A D [instrumental] D D G D Late one night when the wind was still D D G D D D A D. [instrumental] --------------