Casimir Pulaski Day Chords by Sufjan Stevens

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[Db] Goldenrod and the 4H stone, [Bbm] the things I [Ab] brought you when I found out you [Eb] had cancer.
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[Eb] Your father [Ab] [Bbm] cried on the telephone, and he drove his [Ab] car into the Navy Yard [Eb] just to prove that [Ab] he was [Db] sorry.
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In the morning [Db] through the window shade, when [Bbm] the light pressed up [Ab] against your shoulder [Eb] blade, I could see what [Ab] you were [Db] reading.
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All the [Eb] glory [Db] that the Lord has made, [Bbm] and the [Ab] complications you could do without [Eb] when I kissed [Ab] you [Db] on the mouth.
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[Eb] Tuesday [Db] night at the Bible study, [Bbm] we lift our [Ab] hands and pray over your [Eb] body, but nothing [Ab] ever [Db] happens.
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I [Db] remember at Michael's [Ab] house, [Bbm] in the living room, [Ab] when you kissed my neck [Eb] and I almost [Ab] touched [Db] your blouse.
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[Eb] In the [Db] morning at the top of the [Ab] stairs, [Bbm] when your father found out [Ab] what we did that night, [Eb] and he told me [Ab] you [Db] were [Ab] scared.
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[Eb] All the [Db] glory when you ran outside [Bbm] with your shirt tucked in [Ab] and your shoes untied, [Eb] and you told me not [Ab] to [Bbm] follow you.
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[Eb] Sunday night [Db] when I clean the house, [Bbm] I find the car [Ab] where you rode it out [Eb] with the pictures [Ab] of your [Db] mother.
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On the floor [Db] at the Great Divide, [Bbm] with my shirt tucked [Ab] in and my shoes untied, [Eb] I am crying in [Ab] the [Db] bathroom.
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[Eb] In the morning [Db] when you finally go, and [Bbm] the nurse runs in with [Ab] her head hung [Eb] low, and the Cardinal hits [Ab] the [Db] window.
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In [Eb] the [Ab] morning [Db] in the winter shade, [Bbm] on the first of March, [Ab] on the holiday, [Eb] I thought I saw you [Bbm] breathing.
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[Eb] All the glory [Db] that the Lord has made, [Bbm] and the complications [Ab] when I see his face [Eb] in the morning in [Ab] the [Db] window.
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[Eb] All the glory [Db] when he took our place, [Bbm] but he took my shoulders [Ab] and he shook my face, and [Eb] he takes and [Ab] he [Db] takes and he takes.
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[Eb] All the [Db] glory when you run [Bbm] [Fm] outside with your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied, and you told me not to follow [Eb] you.
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[Bbm] On the [Fm] floor at the [Eb] Great Divide, when I [Db] clean the house, I find the car [Ab] [Bbm] where you rode it [Fm] out with the pictures .
[Eb] of your mother.
On [Db] the floor .
[Ab] [Bbm] [Fm] at the Great Divide, when I clean the house, and you [Eb] told me not [Db] .
[Ab] to [Bbm] [Fm] follow you.
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