Standard Tuning
Capo 2nd fret
the C/B/Am part is your regular
|-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-2-|
|-2-0-2-|
|-3-2-0-|
|-------| walkdown.



Am E Am
         Amcattail (x02210@1)down,
             E (022100@1)                Am (x02210@1)   Ethe (022100@1)morning rail yard whistle blows.
         Amcattail (x02210@1)down,
            E (022100@1)                 Am (x02210@1)   Eour (022100@1)boxcar bound for... no one knows.
       Dmafter (xx0231@1)every hidden seed out
         G (320003@1)           
from it covering has been freed,
           C (x32010@1)              B (x2444x@1)             Amwhen (x02210@1)every book has been discarded from the bookshelf.
         Fcattail (133211@1)down,
            E (022100@1)               AmE AmE
and the forgetting of myself.


         Amcattail (x02210@1)down,
          E (022100@1)               Am (x02210@1)    Ereplace (022100@1)the feathers in our vest.
         Amcattail (x02210@1)down,
              Esurround (022100@1)the ivy
               Am (x02210@1)          Ethat's (022100@1)gone to poison in my chest.
      Dm (xx0231@1)             
"the parachutes broke loose,"
            G (320003@1)            
cried the goose with misplaced
            C (x32010@1)     Bbut (x2444x@1)understandable concern
           Am (x02210@1)            
for his little brother's mental health.
      Fhis (133211@1)happy little brother,
           E (022100@1)                AmE AmE
in the forgetting of himself.

Bridge
Am E (x4)
Dm G C B Am F E
Am E (x2)

         Amcattail (x02210@1)down,
           E (022100@1)                  Am (x02210@1)  Earound (022100@1)the bulrush, the pollen shed.
          Amcattail (x02210@1)down,
             Eto (022100@1)dress my wounds,
           Am (x02210@1)               Eit (022100@1)left a bee sting in their stead.


        Dm (xx0231@1)      
headed east out of st. paul,
     Gwe (320003@1)stopped for water.
                Crested (x32010@1)in the cemetery,
 B (x2444x@1)             Amwatched (x02210@1)the mississippi.
               Dmrunning (xx0231@1)out of food stamps,
                      Gfound (320003@1)a bag along the footpath
             C (x32010@1) 
off highway 61 filled with
       B (x2444x@1)            Amwhat (x02210@1)looked like marijuana.
(don't worry mom, we left it there)

          Dmhopped (xx0231@1)a grainer out a pig's eye
       Gtoward (320003@1)milwaukee, the deer
             C (x32010@1)           Bbetween (x2444x@1)the tower and the tracks,
             Amsaw (x02210@1)right through us.
                                 Dmsaid, (xx0231@1)"you don't know where you came from,
                             Gyou (320003@1)don't know where you're going,
                 Cyou (x32010@1)think you're you-
               Byou (x2444x@1)don't know who you are,
        Amyou're (x02210@1)not you.
you're everyone else."

Dm G C B Am (x6)
you're everyone else. 

FE
Am (x02210@1)