Late For Your Life
By Mary Chapin Carpenter
Written by Mary Chapin Carpenter
CD: Time* Sex* Love* (2001)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
11/7/2016

Requested by: equalist3 on 5/27/2016

Capo 5

D                                                         G
You've been saying for the longest time that the time has come
                         A                                     D
You've been talking like you're of a mind to get some changing done
                      D                            G
Maybe move out of the city, find some quiet little town
                              A                                    D
Where you can sit out on your back porch step and watch the sun go down


Chorus 1:
       G                                             D
No one knows where they belong, the search just goes on and on and on
          Bm                  G                     A
For every choice that ends up wrong, another one's right
                        D                                  G
A change of scene would sure be great, the thought is nice to contemplate
                          A                                   D
But the question begs why would you wait and be late for your life


Now you might never find that perfect town But the sun still sets 
on a rooftop where the city like a Gershwin clarinet
And you might still be searching every face for one you can't forget
Love is out there in a stranger's clothes, you just haven't met him yet

Chorus 2:
No one knows where they belong, the search just goes on and on and on
For every day that ends up wrong, another one's right
Call it chance or call it fate, either one is cause to celebrate
Still the question begs why would you wait
And be late for your life

Tag:
Call it chance baby, call it fate either one is cause to celebrate
And the question now is why would you wait don't be late for your life