Big Thief – Cattails (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Chords

[Intro] F#m E F#m D A D E [Verse 1]
F#m  E     F#m   D
Caro line, Caro line

   A           D            E
I never could leave you to struggle

F#m      E     F#m       D
Hold the line, hold the line

A        D            E
I'll be there on the double

F#m  E     F#m  D
In   time, in   time

A        D        E
Everyone does see trouble
[Chorus]
              F#m          D            E
And you don't need to know why when you cry

          F#m          D
You don't need to know why

          F#m          D            E
You don't need to know why when you cry
[Verse 2]
F#m      E     F#m     D
Violet's eyes, Violet plays

 A          D           E
Going back home to the Great Lakes

          F#m     E
Where the cattail sways

          F#m      D
With the lonesome loon

 A           D         E
Riding that train in late June
[Chorus]
         F#m     D          E
With the windows wide by my side

         F#m     D
With the windows wide

         F#m     D          E
With the windows wide by my side
[Verse 3]
         F#m      E            F#m   D
And the clusters fell, like an empty bell

A       D             E
Meteor shower at the motel

           F#m   E          F#m    D
Where the empty space is a saving grace

A           D         E
Making good time and doing well

          F#m       E           F#m     D
Still the question sings, like Saturn's rings

 A         D             E
Maybe she knows and she won't tell
[Chorus]
              F#m          D            E
But you don't need to know why when you cry

          F#m          D
You don't need to know why

          F#m          D            E
You don't need to know why when you cry
[Instrumental] F#m E F#m D A D E [Verse 4]
      F#m       E             F#m     D
And I find you there in your country flair

  A            D          E
Middle of the river in a lawn chair

            F#m     E              F#m    D
With your wrinkled hands and your silver hair

  A           D            E
Leaving here soon and you know where

              F#m     E              F#m      D
To where the cattail sways with the lonesome loon

           A           D             E
You'll be riding that train in late June
[Chorus]
         F#m     D             E
With the windows wide by your side

         F#m     D
With the windows wide

         F#m     D             E
With the windows wide by your side

          F#m          D
You don't need to know why

          F#m          D            E
You don't need to know why when you cry
[Instrumental] F#m E F#m D A D E