Mason Jennings
Pittsburgh
from Blood of Man
Tabbed by Drew Langworthy


Tuned half a step down

G (320003@1)               Em (022000@1)            G (320003@1)            EmMy (022000@1)mom'd give me twenty and say "Stay out till dawn"
       C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)         GWhen (320003@1)her boyfriend was over and they wanted me gone
G (320003@1)                      Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)          EmI (022000@1)would walk through the woods to the old graveyard
   C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)       EmAnd (022000@1)roll my own tops and think two kinda thoughts

       C (x32010@1)             EmAre (022000@1)we high enough to clear these trees?
           G (320003@1)        EmI (022000@1)don't know

G (320003@1)            Em (022000@1)      G (320003@1)             EmThat (022000@1)was the summer Dave's girlfriend OD'ed
       C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)             GShe (320003@1)died in the bathroom at a party down the street
G (320003@1)                     Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)            EmI (022000@1)went to see him the next night, he had a new tattoo
       C (x32010@1)                     Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)                   GHe (320003@1)was watching home movies of her, his face was wet, he looked so confused
G (320003@1)                    Em (022000@1)            G (320003@1)                      EmThey (022000@1)had a funeral for her, the preacher said she was with the Lord
          C (x32010@1)                     Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)      EmThere (022000@1)were lots of pictures of her taped to a poster board

       C (x32010@1)              EmAre (022000@1)we high enough to clear these trees?
           G (320003@1)          EmI (022000@1)don't know
         C (x32010@1)            EmAre (022000@1)we high enough to clear this place?
          DI (xx0232@1)don't know

C (x32010@1)                                                    GGrocery (320003@1)stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
C (x32010@1)                                         GHigh (320003@1)school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
       C (x32010@1)                         DBut (xx0232@1)my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
        C (x32010@1)                                 DWhen (xx0232@1)I'd hear that sound and put the pedal down
G (320003@1)              Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1)      EmI (022000@1)wound up that fall in a hospital
     C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)                   C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)       EmOn (022000@1)the suicide wing with a lot of people thinkin' one thing
G (320003@1)                     Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1)                 EmThey (022000@1)had a sign on the wall that said "No touching at all"
          C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)         C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)        EmThere (022000@1)were screams in the dark, nurses running down the hall

G (320003@1)                 Em (022000@1)             G (320003@1)                         EmOn (022000@1)the night that I got there, they showered me and searched me hard
          C (x32010@1)                      Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)       EmThen (022000@1)they took me to my little room overlooking a graveyard
G (320003@1)                 Em (022000@1)      G (320003@1)             EmWhen (022000@1)I opened my eyes I was strapped to the bed
          C (x32010@1)               Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     EmThere (022000@1)was a needle in my arm, part of me was gone
G (320003@1)                  Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1)           EmThen (022000@1)they took us outside in our slippers and gowns
       C (x32010@1)                    Am (x02210@1)                  C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)         EmTo (022000@1)play basketball on the blacktop, the ball just bounced till it stopped

       C (x32010@1)              EmAre (022000@1)we high enough to clear these trees?
           G (320003@1)          EmI (022000@1)don't know
         C (x32010@1)            EmAre (022000@1)we high enough to clear this place?
          DI (xx0232@1)don't know

C (x32010@1)                                                    GGrocery (320003@1)stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
C (x32010@1)                                         GHigh (320003@1)school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
       C (x32010@1)                         DBut (xx0232@1)my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
        C (x32010@1)                                 DWhen (xx0232@1)I'd hear that sound and put the pedal down

G (320003@1)                Em (022000@1)    G (320003@1)            EmWhen (022000@1)the leaves were wet behind the old duplex
         C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)        EmWe (022000@1)used to run at night naked through the trees
G (320003@1)                           Em (022000@1)             G (320003@1)              EmAnd (022000@1)you would lean back against me and I would try to stay soft
       C (x32010@1)            Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)    EmWe'd (022000@1)listen to the engines as the planes took off