Your Heart's A Big Tent — Willi Carlisle
Chords and lyrics for Your Heart's A Big Tent by Willi Carlisle (key of C).
Intro
[C] [F] [C]
[C] [G] [C]
Verse 1
[C]This mornin' a miracle [F]happened as [C]promised
[Am]The risin' of the world's closest [C]star
[C]And the almanacs warned us that the [F]fast-coming [C]weather
[Am]Might blow us away like [F]dandelion [C]flowers
Verse 2
[F]And if I had a nickel
[G]For every time I've taken shelter
From[C] the storm, alone and naked in my [Am]bedsheets
I [F]could pay off all my loans, [G]buy some nicer clothes
Find a [C]job that didn't always [Am]scare me
But I've been [F]trying not to think before my [G]third cup of coffee
Chorus
[C]How the heart's a big tent
[C]You gotta let everybody in
[Am]Doesn't matter who [F]they are
If they do right or where [G]they've been
Everybody gets[C] in[C][F]
[C] [G] [C]
Verse 3
[C]I think I know a secret,[F] still not [C]really sure
[Am]Somewhere between I'm livin' and I [F]believe I can [C]fly
[C]What's up is I saw the devil in a [F]used book [C]store
[Am]He was rippin' up and spittin' on [G]Catcher in the [C]Rye
Verse 4
[F]And I'm coming to myself, like a [G]man finding religion
[C]Am I baptized, drowned, or washed in the [Am]blood?
[F]If life's an open field, I'd [G]like to plant a garden
[C]And get ready for the fire and [Am]the flood
I need a [F]theory of all [C]love
Chorus
[C]Like the heart's a big tent
[C]You gotta let everybody in
[Am]Doesn't matter who [F]they are
If they do right or where [G]they've been
Everybody gets[C] in[C][F]
[C] [G] [C]
Verse 5
[C]My conclusion's not a great one
I'll [F]leave that to the [C]smarter ones
[C]The soul is an idiot and it [Am]doesn't care[C] why
[C]Whatever you do with it
[F]The gift's a [C]pretty simple one
[Am]Just sing until you love yourself
[F]And love until you [C]die
Verse 6
[F]I've seen the trees like [G]pillars full of blood
[C]Chlorophyllic laughin', swaying in [Am]their glory
[F]Seen the sparrows in the air
[G]Alight on branches there
[C]And there's no way they're afraid of being [F]thirty
[F]If I can't live [G7]clean, than I'd [C]better love dirty
Chorus
[C]'Cause the heart's a big tent
[C]You gotta let everybody in
[Am]Doesn't matter who [F]they are
If they do right or where [G]they've been
Everybody gets[C] in[C][F]
[C] [G] [C]
Outro
[C]This mornin' a miracle [F]happened as [C]promised
[Am]The risin' of the world's closest [C]star
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