Calico Plains Chords by Matraca Berg

[Intro]

A
 
 
[Verse]

A
Sweet Abilena looked out 

at the midwestern sky
A
Sweet seventeen with 

a far away look in her eyes
D                    
She said "I feel like 
  C
a bird in a cage
D                  
"But come September 
    C
I'm flying away."
A
I said "I'll miss you," then 

I made her promise to write
 
 
[Chorus]

E
Since we were tall as 

the corn in the spring
   D
We shared every secret, 

shared every dream
   E
So anxious to grow in 

the new summer rain
    C                    
And bloom like a rose on 
    D             A
the calico plains
 
 
[Verse]

A
How could she hear as 

we laughed on that long summer night
A
The tiny heart of the baby 

she carried inside
D                
I stood beside her 
     C
when September came
D                       
Watched her get married, 
     C
then caught the bouquet
               A
And like those hand-me-down 

dresses she gave me
A
I made her dreams mine
 
 
[Chorus]

       E
From a seat by the window 

on wings made of steel
  D
I stared at the patchwork 

over the fields
      E
Where young tears that 

once flowed like warm summer rain
     C                  
Were turning to snow on 
    D             A
the calico plains
 
 
[Solo]

Em D C Bm A     
Em D C G  D  A
 
 
[Verse]

A
Sweet Abilena looks out 

at the midwestern sky
A
Closer to thirty, 

but farther away in her eyes
D                         
She holds her babies like 
C
she holds her dreams
D                         
Each night she kisses and 
C
rocks them to sleep
          A
While she reads the letters 

she makes me promise to write
 
 
[Outro]

A                         
Sweet Abilena looks out at 
    Em         A
the midwestern sky

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ℹ️ About This Song

Chords Info

• Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
• Key: B
• Chords: A, D, C, E, Em, Bm, G
• BPM: 98
• Suggested Strumming: D DU D DU
• D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord

Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
A – x02220 D – xx0232 C – x32010 E – 022100 Em – 022000 Bm – x24432 G – 320003	A – 2100 D – 2220 C – 0003 E – 1402 Em – 0402 Bm – 4222 G – 0232

Track Info

• Song: Calico Plains
• Artist: Matraca Berg
• Album: Lying to the Moon
• Released Date: 1990