Transcendental Reunion chords by Mary Chapin Carpenter

• Capo on 5th
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: F

Intro:

F   Bb   F   Bb

Verse 1:
F                        Bb
   From 20,000 feet high
I saw the lights below me
F                                Bb
   Twinkling just like Christmas
We descended slowly
Dm                                Bb
   And the curve of the world passed
with all of that flying
Dm                  C     Bb                     C   F     F  C  Bb
   Above the mighty ocean
and now we all are arri-ving
F                    C       Bb                      C
   Grab the carry on baggage
join the herd for the mad run.
F                        C         Bb
   Take the place in the long line
where does everyone come from?
Dm                          Bb
   As we shuffle on forward
as we wait for inspection
Dm                              Bb                   C   F
   Dont be holding that line up
at the end lies redemption
      Bb  C       F    C     Bb    C
oh oh oh, hey hey hey, ah ah ah

Verse 2:
F                          C     Bb                      C
   Now I'm stamped and I'm waved through
I take up my position
F                      C      Bb                      C
   at the mouth of the cannon
saying prayers of contrition
Dm          C                 Bb          Dm           C
   Please deliver my suitcase
from all mischief and peril
Dm                     C        Bb                  C
   Now the sight of it circling
is a hymn to the faithful
F                C       Bb             C
   Forgive me my staring
for my unconcealed envy
F                 C        Bb                       C
   in the hall of arrivals
where the great river empties
Dm     C                      Bb                   C
   its hand carts and porters
all the people it carries
Dm       C                    Bb                   C    F
   to be greeted with flowers
grandfathers and babies
      Bb  C       F    C     Bb    C
oh oh oh, hey hey hey, ah ah ah

Instrumental:

Dm C Bb  x2

F C Bb C x2

Verse 3:
F                             Bb
   There is no one to meet me
yet I'm all but surrounded
F                             Bb
   by the tears and embracing
by the joy unbounded
Dm                           Bb              C
   The friends and relations
Leaping over hemispheres
Dm                  C     Bb             C      F
   Transcendental Reunion
all borders vanish here
F                    C          Bb                  C
   We are travellers travelling
we are gypsies together
F                     C         Bb                    C
   we're philosophers gathering
we are business or pleasure
Dm        C               Bb                     C
   We are going or coming
we are just finding our way
Dm        C               Bb                C    F
   to the next destination   and from night into day
C     Bb  C       F    C     Bb
oh oh oh, hey hey hey, ah ah ah
C     F   C       Bb   C     F     C   Bb   C
oh oh oh, hey hey hey, ah ah ah


Outro:
F                    C     Bb                C
   In a giant bird's belly
I flew over the ocean
F                       C    Bb                            C      F
   from twenty thousand feet high
how those lights were glow-ing