Halley Came To Jackson — Mary Chapin Carpenter
Chords and lyrics for Halley Came To Jackson by Mary Chapin Carpenter (key of C, capo 4).
Intro
[C] [C] [F] [C] [C] [C] [G] [C]
[C] [C] [F] [C] [C] [C] [G] [C]
Verse 1
[C]Late one night when the wind was still
[C]Daddy brought the baby to the window sill
[C]To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky
[C]The one and only time Daddy saw it fly
Chorus
[G]It came from the east just as bright as a torch
[F]The neighbors had a party on their porch
[G]Daddy rocked the baby, Mother said "amen"
[C]When Halley came to visit in nineteen ten
Instrumental
[C] [C] [F] [C] [C] [C] [G] [C]
[C] [C] [F] [C] [C] [C] [G] [C]
Verse 2
[C]Now back then Jackson was a real small town
[C]And it's not every night a comet comes around
[C]It was almost eighty years since its last time through
[C]So I bet your mother would've said "amen" too
Chorus
[G]As its tail stretched out like a stardust streak
[F]The papers wrote about it every day for a week
[G]They wondered where it's going and where it's been
[C]When Halley came to Jackson in nineteen ten
Instrumental
[G] [G] [C] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [G] [Am] [F] [F] [F] [F] [C] [C] [G] [C]
Verse 3
[C]Now Daddy told the baby sleeping in his arms
[C]To dream a little dream of a comet's charms
[C]And he made a little wish as she slept so sound
[C]In nineteen eighty-six that wish came 'round
Chorus
[G]It came from the east, just as bright as a torch
[F]She saw it in the sky from her daddy's porch
[G]As heavenly sent as it was back then
[C]When Halley came to Jackson in nineteen ten
Instrumental
[G] [G] [C] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [Am] [G] [C]
Outro
[C]Late one night when the wind was still
[C] [C] [F] [C] [C] [C] [G] [C]