Dear Mccracken Chords

[Verse]
Eb                            Gm
I just stepped on a plane, my bags on the shelf
          Cm                             Ab
I find my seat in the middle and plan to keep to myself
    Eb                            Gm
The pilot comes on, says "there's been a delay"
      Cm                       Ab
And I sigh, buckle up, and prepare for the wait
 
          Eb                      Gm
There's a middle-aged woman on my right by the window
   Cm                          Ab
No ring on her finger maybe divorced or a widow?
      Eb                         Gm
She's drafting an email and from where I am seated
      Cm                        Ab
I can side-eye that shit, so of course I'm gon' read it
 
It said:
Eb                 Gm
Dear McCracken…
                Cm                               Ab
This is already great dude's got a pen pal and a killer last name
    Eb                        Gm
She opens with an inside joke and she's hopin'
         Cm                     Ab
to set a casual tone, her words carefully chosen
        Eb                          Gm
She was sure that her week spent in Houston would drag,
           Cm                         Ab
but then a face from her past quickly changed all of that
    Eb                           Gm
The trip was for business, she's used to the travel,
         Cm                           Ab
but this time she's not ready to head back to Seattle
 
Eb                  Bb                         Cm
Dear McCracken, I'd rather be off this plane
                          Ab                    Eb
I can't admit the half of it that I want to say
                   Bb
Do I pretend? Do I push you away?
        Cm                         Ab
I'm jet laggin' McCracken and I'll give you, I'll give you your space
 
Eb      Gm      Cm      Ab
 
      Eb                       Gm
I can tell by the abuse of the backspace key
          Cm                        Ab
there's a heart balanced on how her words are perceived
      Eb                       Gm
She's retyped that fourth paragraph four times
             Cm                              Ab
Swinging the tone back and forth until she's so satisfied
        Eb                           Gm
That he knows that even though their paths have diverged
           Cm                      Ab
There's an air of regret but not enough to reverse
 
         Eb                         Gm
And I am stunned, there I sit, completely convinced
     Cm                         Ab
That once you grow old you stop dealin' with this
       Eb                       Gm
The uncertain, the hurtin', the feelin like dirt
     Cm                           Ab
When things don't work out by the fall of the curtain
         Eb                          Gm
She hits send, powers off, and we're ready to go
         Cm                          Ab
And I am sad for the passion that McCracken, he might never know
 
Eb                  Bb                         Cm
Dear McCracken, I'd rather be off this plane
                          Ab                     Eb
I can't admit the half of it that I want to say
                   Bb
Do I pretend? Do I push you away?
        Cm                         Ab
I'm jet laggin' McCracken and I’ll give you, I'll give you your...
 
Eb                  Bb                         Cm
Dear McCracken, I'm keepin' this on my chest
                           Ab                          Eb
I said a lot of things but none of them what I meant
                   Bb
Do I pretend? Do I try to forget?
        Cm                      Ab
I'm jet laggin' McCracken and I wish you, I wish you the best
 
Eb      Bb      Cm      Ab
 
Eb               Bb                     Cm
And I thought, I thought by that age
           Ab
Our broken hearts had seen their worst
Eb                 Bb                    Cm
And I thought that kind of heartache was meant
                        Ab
For the young but we're never too old to hurt
 
Eb               Bb                     Cm
And I thought, I thought by that age
           Ab
Our broken hearts had seen their worst
Eb                 Bb                    Cm
And I thought that kind of heartache was meant
                        Ab
For the young but we're never too old to hurt
 
[Instrumental]
Eb      Gm      Cm      Ab
 
Eb                               Gm
I just stepped off a plane, I've got one regret
            Cm                        Ab
I know I'll never get closure or ever see how it ends
     Eb                          Gm
No I won't know his answer, what happens between them
            Cm                           Ab
And why she kept her cards so close even she couldn't see them
     Eb                            Gm
What gave her such pause? When she so clearly wanted
            Cm                         Ab
To tell you all the emotions she tried so hard to bottle
         Eb                          G7
And I'll never know why she kept the honest truth from you
    Cm
But oh Dear McCracken
       Bb
In the rough draft
          Ab
Oh in the rough draft
                                Eb
In the rough draft she loved you
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