Biography:
Mary Chapin Carpenter (born February 21, 1958 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a highly successful country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. According to Songfacts, Carpenter had a fairly privileged upper middle class upbringing. Her father was at least partly responsible for her embarking on a musical career. The song "House of Cards" was inspired by the divorce of her parents when she was sixteen.
One of her most widely known singles is "Passionate Kisses" (written by fellow singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams)
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Other songs:
- 10000 Miles
- A Keeper For Every Flame
- A Lot Like Me
- A Road Is Just A Road
- Capo Chart
- Christmas Time In The City
- Come Darkness Come Light
- Down At The Twist And Shout
- Down In Marys Land
- Downtown Train
- Grow Old With Me
- Halley Came To Jackson
- He Thinks Hell Keep Her
- Hot Buttered Rum
- House Of Cards
- I Am A Town
- I Feel Lucky
- I Put My Ring Back On
- I Want To Be Your Girlfriend
- Its Only Love
- John Doe No 2
- John Doe No 24
- Jubilee
- Keeping The Faith
- Let Me Into Your Heart
- Naked To The Eye
- Not Too Much To Ask
- Oh Rosetta
- Only A Dream
- Other Streets And Other Towns
- Outside Looking In
- Passionate Kisses
- Quittin Time
- Shut Up And Kiss Me
- Slave To The Beauty
- Slow Country Dance
- Stones In The Road
- Tender When I Want To Be
- Thanksgiving Song
- The Age Of Miracles
- The Blue Distance
- The Bug
- The Calling
- The End Of My Pirate Days
- The Hard Way
- The Last Word
- The Long Way Home
- The Longest Night Of The Year
- The Moon And St Christopher
- The More Things Change
- This Is Love
- Too Tired
- Walking Through Fire
- Wall Around Your Heart
- When Shes Gone
- Wherever You Are
- Why Walk When You Can Fly
- You
- You Win Again
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HALLEY CAME TO JACKSON (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[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]
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
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HALLEY CAME TO JACKSON (Mary-Chapin Carpenter)
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[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]
- Adam Schneider, [email protected]
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