Sufjan Stevens - Casimir Pulaski Day

Capo: 1st fret

[Intro]
D C Am G
D C Am
G

[Verse 1]
D C
Goldenrod and the fourH stone
Am G
The things I brought you when I found out
D
You had cancer of the bone
C Am G D C
Your father cried on the telephone
Am G
And he drove his car into the Navy yard
D
Just to prove that he was sorry

[Chorus]
C Am G D C
In the morning, through the window shade
Am G
When the light pressed up against your shoulderblade
D
I could see what you were reading
C Am G D C
All the glory that the Lord has made
Am G
And the complications you could do without
D
When I kissed you on the mouth
C Am G

[Post-Chorus]
D Am C G
D Am C G

[Verse 2]
D C
Tuesday night at the Bible study
Am G
We lift our hands and pray over your body
D
But nothing ever happens
C Am G D C
I remember at Michael’s house
Am G
In the living room when you kissed my neck
D
And I almost touched your blouse

[Chorus]
C Am G D C
In the morning at the top of the stairs
Am G
When your father found out what we did that night
D
And you told me you were scared
C Am G D C
All the glory when you ran outside
Am G
With your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied
D
And you told me not to follow you
C Am G

[Post-Chorus]
D C Am G
D C Am G
D C Am G
D C Am G

[Verse 3]
D C
Sunday night when I cleaned the house
Am G
I found the card where you wrote it out
D
With the pictures of your mother
C Am G D C
On the floor at the great divide
Am G
With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied
D
I am crying in the bathroom

[Chorus]
C Am G D C
In the morning when you finally go
Am G
And the nurse runs in with her head hung low
D
And the cardinal hits the window
C Am G D C
In the morning in the winter shade
Am G
On the first of March, on the holiday
D
I thought I saw you breathing
C Am G D C
All the glory that the Lord has made
Am G
And the complications when I see His face
D
In the morning in the window
C Am G D C
All the glory when He took our place
Am G
But He took my shoulders and He shook my face
D C Am G
And He takes and He takes and He takes.

[Bridge]
D Am C G
D C Am G
D Am C G
D C Am G

[Outro]
D C Am Em
D C Am Em
D C Am Em
D C Am Em
D C Am Em
D C Am Em
D C Am Em
D C Am Em
D