Michael Heilman

Chinook Mccold Trail

Michael Heilman

Guitar chords Easy level Easy
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[Intro ]
C,F,Am,G 

 
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Its minus twenty on Stephen Avenue 
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Breath blooming like white smoke 
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Im ducking into a shop just to dodge the frosts cruel joke 
Am                                     G 
There she was, behind the counter of a place in Mission 
F                                     G 
A quiet kind of beauty, like a secret or a vision 
C                                         F 
She had a toque pulled low and a "Calgary Public Library" tote 
Am                                        G 
Writing something in a ledger, probably a poem or a note 
F                                         G 
I lingered by the racks, pretending I was checking the price 
C                                       F 
Just to stay in her orbit for a minute, feeling nice 
Am                                     G 
But the wind howled outside, a classic Chinook on the way 
F                                 G 
I walked out the door and let the moment decay 
 

 
C                    F 
Now Im driving down Crowchild 
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Watching the skyline glow 
C                  F 
Wondering if shes still there 
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Or buried in the snow 
F                        G 
Were just ghosts on the C-Train 
C              F 
Shadows on the glass 
Am                             G 
Watching the reflection of the people as they pass 
F                        G 
From the Beltline to the suburbs 
C             F 
Echoes in the hall 
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To the ones well never speak to 
F                           C 
I hope youre staying warm, after all 
 

 
C                F 
Flashback to the summer 
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Princes Island Park 
C                    F 
Sun setting over the Peace Bridge 
Am          G 
Chasing out the dark 
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I saw you sitting by the river, feet dangling in the cold 
C                                      F 
Reading a paperback with pages turning yellow and gold 
Am                                     G 
I was heading to a show at the Palace, running late 
F                              G 
But I stopped for a heartbeat, tempted by the weight 
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Of a "hello" that I swallowed 
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a bridge I didnt cross 
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Now youre just a line-item in my ledger of loss 
 

 
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Then I moved out to Bridgeland 
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Then I moved out of town 
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Now the memories of those faces are just weighing me down 
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Like the girl at the Stampede booth 
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eyes bright as the lights 
C                               G 
Lost in the crowd of those wild July nights 
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The mountains stay the same 
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but the people always change 
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Isn't it strange? How you can know the curve of a stranger's smile 
F                             G 
Better than the street youve lived on for a while 
C                                      F 
Were all just drifting snow against a Saddle Dome sky 
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Saying hello with our hearts while we whisper goodbye 

C  F  Am G 
Da La Da Da Da  
 

Outro 
C                      F 
Now Im looking at the Tower, 
Am                 G 
Red light cutting the fog 
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Just another entry in a nameless travel log 
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Im a phantom in your coffee shop 
F              G 
A blur on your street 
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Two parallel lines that were never meant to meet 
Am                                         G 
Check the rearview mirror, hit the signal, make the turn 
F                                    G 
Leaving all the little fires that we never let burn 
C                    F 
Heading south on Mac cold Trail 
Am                      G 
Just a face in the 17th Ave crowd 
F                            G 
Another winter, another name I'll never know 
C 
Stay warm out there 

C  F  Am G 
Da La Da Da Da
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