Dear Mccracken

C                             Em
I just stepped on a plane, my bags on the shelf
           Am                            F
I find my seat in the middle and plan to keep to myself
    C                             Em
The pilot comes on, says "there's been a delay"
      Am                      F
And I sigh, buckle up, and prepare for the wait

          C                      Em
There's a middle-aged woman on my right by the window
   Am                       F
No ring on her finger maybe divorced or a widow?
      C                           Em
She's drafting an email and from where I am seated
      Am                         F
I can side-eye that shit, so of course I'm gon' read it

It said:
C                   Em
Dear McCracken
                Am                               F
This is already great dude's got a pen pal and a killer last name
    C                     Em                             Am                      F
She opens with an inside joke and she's hopin' to set a casual tone, her words carefully chosen
        C                           Em
She was sure that her week spent in Houston would drag
           Am                         F
But then a face from her past quickly changed all of that
    C                           Em
The trip was for business, she's used to the travel
         Am                          F
But this time she's not ready to head back to Seattle

[Chorus]
C                   G                   Am
Dear McCracken, I'd rather be off this plane
                          F                  C
I can't admit the half of it that I want to say
                   G
Do I pretend? Do I push you away?
         Am                             F
I'm jet laggin' McCracken and I'll give you
                        C
I'll give you your space

C   G    Am  F  C

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

         C                     Em
And I am stunned, there I sit, completely convinced
              Am                F
That once you grow old you stop dealin' with this
     C                          Em                     Am
The uncertain, the hurtin', the feelin like dirt when things don't
                F
Work out by the fall of the curtain
         C                     Em
She hits send, powers off, and we're ready to go
         Am                       F
And I am sad for the passion that McCracken, he might never know

[Chorus]
C                   G                   Am
Dear McCracken, I'd rather be off this plane
                          F                  C
I can't admit the half of it that I want to say
                   G
Do I pretend? Do I push you away?
         Am                             F
I'm jet laggin' McCracken and I'll give you

I'll give you your

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

C     G     Am     F

      C           G
And I thought, I thought by that age
 Am         F                    C
Our broken hearts had seen their worst
      C             G                Am
And I thought that kind of heartache was meant for the young
          F
But we're never too old to hurt

      C           G
And I thought, I thought by that age
Am         F                     C
Our broken hearts had seen their worst
      C                    G             Am
And I thought that kind of heartache was meant for the young
          F
But we're never too old to hurt

C      G    Am       F

        C                                 Em
I just stepped off a plane, I've got one regret
            Am                       F
I know I'll never get closure or ever see how it ends
     C                             Em
No I won't know his answer, what happens between them
            Am                              F
And why she kept her cards so close even she couldn't see them
           C                      Em
What gave her such pause when she so clearly wanted
           Am                          F
To tell you all the emotions she tried so hard to bottle

          C                           E7
And I'll never know why she kept the honest truth from you
       Am
But oh Dear McCracken
       G
In the rough draft
           F
Oh in the rough draft
                                   C
In the rough draft she loved you