• Song:

    Casimir Pulaski Day

  • Artist:

    Sufjan Stevens

  • Album:

    2005-07-23: KEXP Club E...

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 Capo on 1st fret

D (xx0232@1)               CGoldenrod (x32010@1)and the 4h stone,
    Am (x02210@1)                 Gthe (320003@1)things I brought you 
              D (xx0232@1)                             C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Gwhen (320003@1)I found out you had cancer of the bone.

D (xx0232@1)              CYour (x32010@1)father cried on the telephone,
       Am (x02210@1)            Gand (320003@1)he drove his car into the navy yard,
                 D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Gjust (320003@1)to prove that he was sorry. 

       D (xx0232@1)                  CIn (x32010@1)the morning, through the window shade,
          Am (x02210@1)                     Gwhen (320003@1)the light pressed up against your shoulderblade,
           D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am GI (320003@1)could see what you were reading.
         
        D (xx0232@1)            CAll (x32010@1)the glory that the Lord has made,
        Am (x02210@1)                     Gand (320003@1)the complications you could do without,
                D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am G (320003@1)when I kissed you on the mouth.

D (xx0232@1)                  CTuesday (x32010@1)night at the Bible study,
   Am (x02210@1)                Gwe (320003@1)lift our hands and pray over your body,
               D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Gbut (320003@1)nothing ever happens.

D (xx0232@1)           CI (x32010@1)remember at Michael's house,
        Am (x02210@1)                 Gin (320003@1)the living room when you kissed my neck,
             D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Gand (320003@1)I almost touched your blouse.

       D (xx0232@1)            CIn (x32010@1)the morning at the top of the stairs,
          Am (x02210@1)                      Gwhen (320003@1)your father found out what we did that night,
           D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Gand (320003@1)you told me you were scared.

        D (xx0232@1)            CAll (x32010@1)the glory when you ran outside,
          Am (x02210@1)                     Gwith (320003@1)your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied,
              D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Gand (320003@1)you told me not to follow you.

D/ (xx0232@1)C/ (x32010@1)Am/ (x02210@1)G/ (320003@1)D/ (xx0232@1)C/ (x32010@1)Am/ (x02210@1)G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)                 CSunday (x32010@1)night when I cleaned the house,
  Am (x02210@1)                     GI (320003@1)find the card where you wrote it out,
            D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Gwith (320003@1)the pictures of your mother.

D (xx0232@1)                 COn (x32010@1)the floor at the great divide,
        Am (x02210@1)                    GWith (320003@1)my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied,
              D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am GI (320003@1)am crying in the bathroom.

       D (xx0232@1)              CIn (x32010@1)the morning when you finally go,
        Am (x02210@1)                   Gand (320003@1)the nurse runs in with her head hung low,
                    D (xx0232@1)        C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Gand (320003@1)the cardinal hits the window.

       D (xx0232@1)            CIn (x32010@1)the morning in the winter shade,
      Am (x02210@1)                    Gon (320003@1)the first of March on the holiday,
           D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am GI (320003@1)thought I saw you breathing.

        D (xx0232@1)            CAll (x32010@1)the glory that the Lord has made,
       Am (x02210@1)                    Gand (320003@1)the complications when I see His face,
            D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Gin (320003@1)the morning in the window.

        D (xx0232@1)           CAll (x32010@1)the glory when he took our place,
       Am (x02210@1)                       Gbut (320003@1)he took my shoulders and he shook my face,
                 D (xx0232@1)             C (x32010@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Gand (320003@1)he takes, and he takes, and he takes.

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