a keeper for every flame — текст песни (carpenter mary chapin)

A KEEPER FOR EVERY FLAME (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in A; capo 2.]
[Each chord is half of a measure.]
[Standard tuning.]

G G C G C C Em/G D/A
[intro]
G G C G C C D G
[intro]

G G C G C C Em D
She says it`s been so long, she can`t remember when
G G C G C C D G
The mention of his name didn`t make her feel again
G G C G C C Em D
That everything is possible and every day a brand new start
G G C G C C D G
Yeah, love`s something powerful when it finds a willing heart

Bm Bm C C
Sometimes it`s a fire burning out of control
Em Em C C
Sometimes it`s a candle burning long and low
G G C G
All these years she never let it go
C C D G
There`s a keeper for every flame

G G C G C C Em D
[instrumental]
G G C G C C D G
[instrumental]

There is someone in his past that he hasn`t gotten over yet
Each day`s like the last, he just misses what he can`t forget

It`s just an empty space where something used to be
Now he guards the gate, but he`s lost the key
So no one enters, but no one leaves
There`s a keeper for every flame

Bm Bm C C Em Em C C
[instrumental]
G G C G C C D G
[instrumental]

Thought my heart had broken, but it was just a little bruised
I thought love had spoken, I guess I was just confused

Sometimes we were a fire burning out of control
Sometimes we were nothing but a candle glow
But it never died, baby, how I know
There`s a keeper for every flame

G G C G C C Em D G G C G C C D G
[instrumental; repeat and fade]



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