Carrie Lowell chords

Sufjan Stevens

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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    G 
Ephemera on my back 
    Am        G 
She breaks my arm