Sufjan Stevens – Carrie Lowell (Guitar Fingerpicking)

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Adapted from blueblocker's version @ Reddit (r/sufjanstevens) [Picking pattern] E A D G B E
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[Chords] A - 002220 C - 032010 D - x00232 Em - 022000 Am7 - 002213 G - 355433 C/G - 335553 Em* - 022003 Gadd9 - xx5435 Am - 002210 [Intro] 3, 4 A C D Em D [Verse 1]
A          C
Carrie and Lowell

D      Em         D     A
Such a long time ago

            C         D
Like a dead horse

            Em          D
Meadowlark, drive your arrow

Am7       Em                    D
Season of hope (after the flood)

           Em       D
Valentine, spurn my sorrow

Am7         Em                      D
Head on the floorboards (covered in blood)

           Em   D
Drunk as a horsefly

G            C/G      G
Climb on the mattress pad

Em*       D
Twist my arm
[Verse 2]
A          C
Under the pear tree

D            Em       D       A
Shadows and light conspiring

                C         D
Covered bridge, I scream

              Em       D
Cottage Grove shade, invite me

Am7         Em             D
I will bow down (Dido's Lament)

             Em     D
Lord of the ancient waters

Am7          Em                   D
From the backyard (as far as she went)

           Em    D
Carrie surprised me

G      C/G   G
Erebus on my back

    Em*   D
My lucky charm
[Verse 3]
C          Gadd9   D
Carried by stones

          Am   Em        C
Fairyland all around us

            Gadd9   D
Like a dead horse

              Am        Em        C
Sign of your children's fever
[Verse 4]
C            Gadd9              D
Carrie, come home (Thorazine's friend)

             Am         Em      C
Holding your hands with opal

            Gadd9             D
Like a dead horse (Shall we ascend?)

              Em  D
Flight of the mayfly

 G       C/G   G
Ephemera on my back

    Em*       D
She breaks my arm