Sufjan Stevens - Carrie Lowell

      [Verse]

D         F
Carrie and Lowell
G            Am    G   
Such a long time ago
D            F
Like a dead horse
G           Am         G
Meadowlark drive your arrow

Dm         Am              G
Season of hope (after the flood)
             Am     G 
Valentine, spurn my sorrow
Dm           Am                      G
Head on the floorboards (covered in blood)
            Am   G
Drunk as a horsefly

C            F         C
Climb on the mattress pad
Am       G
Twist my arm

D         F
Under the pear tree
G            Am        G
Shadows and light conspiring
D               F
Covered bridge, I scream
G              Am       G
Cottage Grove shade invite me

Dm         Am              G
I will bow down (Dido’s lament)
             Am      G
Lord of the ancient waters
Dm           Am                  G
From the backyard (as far as she went)
            Am   G
Carrie surprised me

C      F     C
Erebus on my back
Am       G    
My lucky charm

F          C
Carried by stones
G         Dm   Am
Fairyland all around us
F           C
Like a dead horse
G            Dm         Am
Sign of your children’s fever

F            C
Carrie, come home
             G
(Thorazine’s friend)
             Dm         Am
Holding your hands with Opal
F           C
Like a dead horse
            G
(Shall we ascend)
              Am G
Flight of the mayfly
C        F    C
Ephemera on my back
    Am        G
She breaks my arm