MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER - A KEEPER FOR EVERY FLAME CHORDS

A KEEPER FOR EVERY FLAME (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------------ [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[in^Gtro^C] ^G ^C ^C ^D ^G ^G She says it's ^Gbeen so ^Clong, she can't ^Gremember ^Cwhen ^C ^Em ^D ^G The mention ^Gof his n^Came didn't make her ^Gfeel a^Cgain ^C ^D ^G That ^Geverything is ^Gpossible and ^Cevery day a ^Gbrand new ^Cstart ^C ^Em ^D Yeah, ^Glove's something ^Gpowerful wh^Cen it finds a ^Gwilling heart^C ^C ^D ^G

Some^Bmtimes it's a ^Bmfire burning ^Cout of contr^Col Some^Emtimes it's a ^Emcandle burning ^Clong and l^Cow ^GAll these ye^Gars she never ^Clet it go ^G There's a ^Ckeeper for ^Cevery ^Dflam^Ge

^G[in^Gstr^Cume^Gntal]^C ^C ^Em ^D ^G[in^Gstr^Cume^Gntal]^C ^C ^D ^G

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[ins^Bmtrum^Cent^Cal] ^Em ^Em ^C ^C ^G[in^Gstr^Cume^Gntal]^C ^C ^D ^G

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[in^Gstr^Cume^Gntal;^C re^Cpea^Emt an^Dd fad^Ge] ^G ^C ^G ^C ^C ^D ^G - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com

Mary Chapin Carpenter - A keeper for every flame