{t:Hand On My Back}
{st:Mary Chapin Carpenter (2016)}
{sot}
Fingerpicking in 4/4... for example

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  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &          1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &
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[/] [Am] [/] [Am] [/] [F] [/] [F] [/] 
[/] [C]  [/] [C]  [/] [G] [/] [G]  


[/] [Am] . I move through the [/] world like an [/] [F] arrow that flies [/] [F] [/]  
[/] [C] . Slicing the [/] air as I'm [/] [G] mapping the skies [/] [G] [/]  
[/] [Am] . And way deep [/] down the [/] [F] echoes remain [/] [F] [/]   
[/] [C] . Memories [/] sounding like [/] [G] rattling chains [/] [G] [/]   


[/] [Am] . But lately [/] I think I am [/] [F] coming around [/] [F]  
I'm [/] [C] liking the [/] feel of my [/] [G] feet on the ground [/] [G] [/]   
[/] [Am] . And last night [/] I stopped [/] [F] dead in these tracks [/] [F]  
Re-  [/] [C] calling your [/] hand on the [/] [G] small of my back [/] [G] [/]   


[/] [F] . The slightest [/] brush but as [/] [G] powerful too [/] [G]     
As an [/] [Am] electrical storm [/] .... [/] [F] that's moving on [/] through
Then is [/] [C] gone... as [/] fast as it [/] [Em7] came [/] .. leaving [/] [F] nothing,
Not [/] [Dm] even the [/] [Em7] rain [/] [Em7] [/]     


[/] [Am] . When I was [/] younger how [/] [F] I took my time [/] [F] [/]   
[/] [C] . Folly and [/] wisdom form [/] [G] points on a line [/] [G] [/]   
[/] [Am] . From one to a-  [/] nother... with [/] [F] space in between [/] [F]  
For the [/] [C] lessons you [/] learn & the [/] [G] dreams that you [/] dream [/] 


[/] [Am] . But tell me what [/] happens when [/] [F] dreams don't come [/] true
How you [/] [C] overcome [/] some things un-  [/] [G] til they overtake [/] you
Why you [/] [Am] never got chosen [/] ... why you [/] [F] never felt claimed [/] [F]  
By [/] [C] some passion or [/] person that is [/] [G] never explained [/] [G] [/]   


[/] [F] . I come on [/] quiet but I'm [/] [G] fierce as a [/] lion
Life will [/] [Am] take us a-  [/] part but we [/] [F] never stop [/] trying
To pro-  [/] [C] ceed as if [/] whole and [/] [Em7] intact [/] [Em7]      
Like I [/] [F] felt with your [/] [Dm] hand on my [/] [Em7] back [/] [Em7] [/]     


[/] [F]  [/] [F]  [/] [G]   [/] [G]   [/]   
[/] [Am] [/] [Am] [/] [F]   [/] [F]   [/]   
[/] [C]  [/] [C]  [/] [Em7] [/] [Em7] [/]   
[/] [F]  [/] [Dm] [/] [Em7] [/] [Em7] [/]   


[/] [Am] .. Nothing can [/] catch me [/] [F] when I'm moving [/] fast [/] 
[/] [C] . Even those [/] rattling chains [/] [G] of the past [/] [G]  
So I'll [/] [Am] go like that [/] arrow but [/] [F] with nowhere to [/] land
I am [/] [C] losing ve-  [/] locity, [/] [G] height and com- [/] mand


We [/] [Am] all hit the [/] ground, we all [/] [F] fall from the sky [/] [F]  
We [/] [C] burn up, we [/] break up, we [/] [G] wreck and we [/] cry
But we're [/] [Am] bound up to-  [/] gether by [/] [F] sight and by [/] pact
That be-  [/] [C] gins with the [/] touch of your [/] [G] hand on my [/] back [/] 


[/] [Am] [/] [Am] [/] [F] [/] [F] [/]   
[/] [C]  [/] [C]  [/] [G] [/] [G] [/]   
[/] [Am] [/] [Am] [/] [F] [/] [F] [/]   
[/] [C]  [/] [C]  [/] [G] [/] [G] [/]   
[/] [Am] [/] [Am] [/] [F] [/] [F] [/]   
[/] [C]  [/] [C]  [/] [G] [/] [G!]  


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