Mason Jennings - Pittsburgh

mason jennings
pittsburgh
from blood of man
tabbed by drew langworthy

tuned half a step down

G Em G Em
my mom’d give me twenty and say “stay out till dawn”
C Am C G
when her boyfriend was over and they wanted me gone
G Em G Em
i would walk through the woods to the old graveyard
C Am C G Em
and roll my own tops and think two kinda thoughts

C Em
are we high enough to clear these trees?
G Em
i don’t know

G Em G Em
that was the summer dave’s girlfriend od’ed
C Am C G
she died in the bathroom at a party down the street
G Em G Em
i went to see him the next night , he had a new tattoo
C Am C G
he was watching home movies of her , his face was wet , he looked so confused
G Em G Em
they had a funeral for her , the preacher said she was with the lord
C Am C G Em
there were lots of pictures of her taped to a poster board

C Em
are we high enough to clear these trees?
G Em
i don’t know
C Em
are we high enough to clear this place?
D
i don’t know

C G
grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
C G
high school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
C D
but my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
C D
when i’d hear that sound and put the pedal down
G Em G Em
i wound up that fall in a hospital
C Am C G Em
on the suicide wing with a lot of people thinkin’ one thing
G Em G Em
they had a sign on the wall that said “no touching at all”
C Am C G Em
there were screams in the dark , nurses running down the hall

G Em G Em
on the night that i got there , they showered me and searched me hard
C Am C G Em
then they took me to my little room overlooking a graveyard
G Em G Em
when i opened my eyes i was strapped to the bed
C Am C G Em
there was a needle in my arm , part of me was gone
G Em G Em
then they took us outside in our slippers and gowns
C Am C G Em
to play basketball on the blacktop , the ball just bounced till it stopped

C Em
are we high enough to clear these trees?
G Em
i don’t know
C Em
are we high enough to clear this place?
D
i don’t know

C G
grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
C G
high school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
C D
but my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
C D
when i’d hear that sound and put the pedal down

G Em G Em
when the leaves were wet behind the old duple
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we used to run at night naked through the trees
G Em G Em
and you would lean back against me and i would try to stay soft
C Am C G Em
we’d listen to the engines as the planes took off