D# A# D# G# A# D# The past comes upon you like smoke on the air, You can smell it and find yourself goneG# A# Cm G# D# G# To a place that you lived without worry or care, Isn't that where we all once came fromD# A# D# G# A# D# Green leaves and tall trees and stars overhead, And the sound of the world through the screenG# A# Cm G# A# D# But now you sleep with the covers pulled over your head, And you never remember to dream [Chorus]G# D# A# Cm G# A# Cm You think you're just standing still, One day you'll get up that hillG# D# A# D# G# In the age of miracles, There’s one on the way [Verse 2]D# A# D# G# A# D# Greenland is melting, the west is on fire, But don't ever stop praying for rainG# A# Cm G# D# G# It's a curious place between hope and desire, Different gods, but the prayer is the sameD# A# D# G# A# D# And thousand-year storms seem to form on a breeze, Drowning all living things in their pathsG# A# Cm G# A# D# And when a small southern town finds a rope in a tree, We're all once again trapped in the past [Chorus]G# D# A# Cm G# A# Cm It seems we're just standing still, One day we'll get up that hill,G# D# A# D# G# A# In the age of miracles, There's one on the way [Solo]G# D# A# Cm G# A# Cm, G# D# A# D# G# , A#, G# G# [Verse 3]D# A# D# G# A# D# We can fly through space with the greatest of ease, We can land in the dust of the moonG# A# Cm G# D# G#maj7 We can transform our lives with the tap of the keys, Still we can't shake this feeling of doomD# A# D# G# A# D# But I woke to find monks pouring into the streets, Marching thousands strong into the rainG# A# Cm G# A# D# Now if courage comes dressed in red robes and bare feet, I will never be fearful again [Chorus]G# D# A# Cm G# A# Cm If I’m just just standing still, One day I'll get up that hill,G# D# A# D# G# A# In the age of miracles, There’s one on the way (minimal chords)G# D# A# G# A# Cm G# D# A# Seems we're just standing still, One day we'll ride up that hill, In the age of miraclesD# G# A# D# G# A# D# G#maj7 A# There's one on the way There's one on the way There's one on the wayD# G# A# D# G#maj7 A# D# G# There's one on the way There's one on the way There's one on the way
The Age Of Miracles
Mary Chapin Carpenter
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