Before And After chords by Carrie Newcomer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Em

Verse:
                     C
Dust settles after a hit and run
  Em              C
Bewildered by the damage done
        G                      C
I don't know why we choose the roads we travel
   G                    C              Em  C
Or how a life could get so unravelled

Chorus:
   Em       C          G          D
We live our lives from then until now
       Em        C             G             D
By the mercies received or the mark upon our brow
      Em            C             G               D
To my heart I'll collect what the four winds will scatter
   Em        C         G        C     Em  C
And frame my life by before and after

Verse:
       Em                  C
Once a trick of light made me believe
      Em                   C
A red fire was blazing from every tree
G                    C
We held hands as the evening gathered
     G                     C               Em  C
I forgave myself for what I didn't ask her

Verse:
       Em                     C
Once I saw the sky filled with falling stars
          Em                     C
Bumped my head in the dark and it left a scar
G                         C
Held on too tight before I let it go
        G                     C            Em  C
Then forgave myself for what I didn't know

Chorus:
   Em       C          G          D
We live our lives from then until now
       Em        C             G             D
By the mercies received or the mark upon our brow
      Em            C             G               D
To my heart I'll collect what the four winds will scatter
   Em        C         G        C     Em  C
And frame my life by before and after

Bridge:
                         G
I've stretched my soul over fifty states
       Am                   G
I have lived on fumes and religious cornflakes
           C                        G
And once I dreamt my shoes had grown thin and battered
   Am                      C             N.C.
And forgave myself for what didn't matter

Verse:
Em                    C                 Em
God said, "Cain where is your brother?"
                      C
And who will tell his grieving mother?
G                     C
Jacob dreamt an angel called his name
G                C              Em  C
And he never was quite the same

Chorus:
   Em       C          G          D
We live our lives from then until now
       Em        C             G             D
By the mercies received or the mark upon our brow
      Em            C             G               D
To my heart I'll collect what the four winds will scatter
   Em        C         G        C     Em  C
And frame my life by before and after

Outro:
Em  C  G  D
Em  C  G  D
Em  C  G  D
Em  C  G  D