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The Blue Distance by Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Blue Distance
Standard tune
Key F
[Intro]
Bb F C F
Bb F Am Bb
[Verse 1]
C F Bb F
Across the railroad tracks, down the gravel road
C Dm C Bb
headlights throw a beam on the way back home.
C F Bb F
Lie down, lie down, listen wide awake
C F Bb
To the trains that roll, to the sound time makes.
[Verse 2]
C F Bb F
It passes through the air like a summer storm
C Dm C Bb
Catching on my sleeve like a rose''s thorn.
C F Bb F
Sometimes it whispers, sometimes it roars
C F Bb
Flies like the wind, waits by the door.
[Refrain]
F Bb F Dm F
And I know you know and that’s all I need
Bb F Am
When the light of day looks like night to me
Bb F Dm F
When you’re far away and I’m all alone
Bb F C F
I can’t explain, I know you know.
[Mid 8]
Bb F C F
Bb F Am Bb
[Verse 3]
C F Bb F
It fills up my chest, it fills up my eyes
C Dm C Bb
like an old glass jar filled with fireflies.
C F Bb F
Sometimes I’m still, sometimes I sigh
C F Bb
Sometimes I’m lost and I don’t know why
[Refrain]
F Bb F Dm F
But I know you know and that’s all I need
Bb F Am
When the light of day looks like night to me.
Bb F Dm F
When you’re far away and I’m all alone
Bb F C F
I can’t explain, I know you know.
[Instrumental]
Bb F C F
Bb F Am
F Bb F C Dm
Bb F Am Bb
[Verse 4]
C F Bb F
In the morning light, before the heat sets in
C Dm C Bb
Call the dogs to run where the shade has been.
C F Bb F
Across the railroad tracks lay your silver down
C F Bb
Find it smooth and flat, stars for your crown.
[Verse 5]
C F Bb F
In the blue distance where our lives unfurl
C Dm C Bb
The edges of the sky, the beauty of the world.
[Refrain]
F Bb F Dm F
But I know you know and that’s all I need
Bb F Am
When the light of day looks like night to me.
Bb F Dm F
When you’re far away and I’m all alone
Bb F C F
I can’t explain, I know you know.
[Outro]
B F C F
B F Am
Bb F C Dm
Bb F Am Bb
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