Tone: [Am]
[Verse]
[D]Carrie and[F]and Lowell
[G]Such a long t[Am]time ag[G]ago
[D]Like a dead h[F]horse
[G]Meadowlark d[Am]drive your a[G]arrow
[Dm]Season of h[Am]hope (after the f[G]flood)
Valentine, sp[Am]spurn my [G]sorrow
[Dm]Head on the
f[Am]floorboards (covered in b[G]blood)
Drunk as a h[Am]horsef[G]orsefly
[C]Climb on the [F]mattress p[C]pad
[Am]Twist my [G]arm
[D]Under the [F]pear tree
[G]Shadows and l[Am]light consp[G]conspiring
[D]Covered bridge, [F]I scream
[G]Cottage Grove s[Am]shade invi[G]invite me
[Dm]I will bow [Am]down (Dido’s lam[G]lament)
Lord of the a[Am]ancient w[G]waters
[Dm]From the back[Am]backyard (as far as she [G]went)
Carrie surpr[Am]surprised [G]me
[C]Erebus [F]on my [C]back
[Am]My lucky [G]charm
[F]Carried by [C]stones
[G]Fairyland [Dm]all a[Am]around us
[F]Like a dead [C]horse
[G]Sign of your [Dm]children’s [Am]fever
[F]Carrie, come [C]home
(Thorazine’s [G]friend)
Holding your [Dm]hands with [Am]Opal
[F]Like a dead [C]horse
(Shall we as[G]ascend)
Flight of the [Am]may[G]mayfly
[C]Ephemera [F]on my[C]my back
She [Am]breaks my [G]arm