Dear Mccracken

Chords

Standard

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