A Keeper For Every Flame

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# A KEEPER FOR EVERY FLAME (Mary Chapin Carpenter) ------------------------------------------------ [Actually in A; capo 2.] [Each chord is half of a measure.] [Standard tuning.] [intro]                      [intro]                   She says it’s been so long she can’t remember when             The mention of his name didn’t make her feel again          That everything is possible and every day a brand new start           Yeah love’s something powerful when it finds a willing heart          Sometimes it’s a fire burning out of control Sometimes it’s a candle burning long and low All these years she never let it go There’s a keeper for every flame [instrumental]           [instrumental]          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                                       [instrumental]              [instrumental]          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                                       [instrumental; repeat and fade]                      - Adam Schneider schneiobox.com