Dear Mccracken Uke tab by Bug Hunter

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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
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The pilot comes on, says "there's been a delay"
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And I sigh, buckle up, and prepare for the wait

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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
      CmAb
I can side-eye that shit, so of course I'm gon' read it

It said:
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Dear McCracken…
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This is already great dude's got a pen pal and a killer last name
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She opens with an inside joke and she's hopin'
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to set a casual tone, her words carefully chosen
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She was sure that her week spent in Houston would drag,
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but then a face from her past quickly changed all of that
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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

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Dear McCracken, I'd rather be off this plane
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I can't admit the half of it that I want to say
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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

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I can tell by the abuse of the backspace key
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there's a heart balanced on how her words are perceived
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She's retyped that fourth paragraph four times
     Cm     Ab
Swinging the tone back and forth until she's so satisfied
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That he knows that even though their paths have diverged
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There's an air of regret but not enough to reverse

 Eb    Gm
And I am stunned, there I sit, completely convinced
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That once you grow old you stop dealin' with this
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The uncertain, the hurtin', the feelin like dirt
     Cm  Ab
When things don't work out by the fall of the curtain
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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

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Dear McCracken, I'd rather be off this plane
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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...

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Dear McCracken, I'm keepin' this on my chest
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I said a lot of things but none of them what I meant
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Do I pretend? Do I try to forget?
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I'm jet laggin' McCracken and I wish you, I wish you the best

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And I thought, I thought by that age
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Our broken hearts had seen their worst
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And I thought that kind of heartache was meant
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For the young but we're never too old to hurt

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And I thought, I thought by that age
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Our broken hearts had seen their worst
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And I thought that kind of heartache was meant
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For the young but we're never too old to hurt

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I just stepped off a plane, I've got one regret
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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
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To tell you all the emotions she tried so hard to bottle
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And I'll never know why she kept the honest truth from you
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But oh Dear McCracken
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In the rough draft
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Oh in the rough draft
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In the rough draft she loved you