Cattail Down Chords & Lyrics by mewithoutYou
Cattail Down
guitar chords lyrics
Standard Tuning
Capo 2nd fret
the C/B/Am part is your regular
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Am E Am
Am
cattail down,
E Am E
the morning rail yard whistle blows.
Am
cattail down,
E Am E
our boxcar bound for... no one knows.
Dm
after every hidden seed out
G
from it covering has been freed,
C B Am
when every book has been discarded from the bookshelf.
F
cattail down,
E Am E Am E
and the forgetting of myself.
Am
cattail down,
E Am E
replace the feathers in our vest.
Am
cattail down,
E
surround the ivy
Am E
that's gone to poison in my chest.
Dm
"the parachutes broke loose,"
G
cried the goose with misplaced
C B
but understandable concern
Am
for his little brother's mental health.
F
his happy little brother,
Em Am E Am E
in the forgetting of himself.
Bridge
Am E (x4)
Dm G C B Am F E
Am E (x2)
Am
cattail down,
E Am E
around the bulrush, the pollen shed.
Am
cattail down,
E
to dress my wounds,
Am E
it left a bee sting in their stead.
Dm
headed east out of st. paul,
G
we stopped for water.
C
rested in the cemetery,
B Am
watched the mississippi.
Dm
running out of food stamps,
G
found a bag along the footpath
C
off highway 61 filled with
B Am
what looked like marijuana.
(don't worry mom, we left it there)
Dm
hopped a grainer out a pig's eye
G
toward milwaukee, the deer
C B
between the tower and the tracks,
Am
saw right through us.
Dm
said, "you don't know where you came from,
G
you don't know where you're going,
C
you think you're you-
B
you don't know who you are,
Am
you're not you.
you're everyone else."
D G C B Am (x6)
you're everyone else.
F E
Am
