Mason Jennings – Pittsburgh chords

Mason Jennings
Pittsburgh
from Blood of Man
Tabbed by Drew Langworthy


Tuned half a step down

G                 Em              G              EmMy mom'd give me twenty and say "Stay out till dawn"
       C                   Am         C           GWhen her boyfriend was over and they wanted me gone
G                        Em          G            EmI would walk through the woods to the old graveyard
   C                 Am          C              G         EmAnd roll my own tops and think two kinda thoughts

       C               EmAre we high enough to clear these trees?
           G          EmI don't know

G              Em        G               EmThat was the summer Dave's girlfriend OD'ed
       C                 Am      C               GShe died in the bathroom at a party down the street
G                       Em           G              EmI went to see him the next night, he had a new tattoo
       C                       Am                C                     GHe was watching home movies of her, his face was wet, he looked so confused
G                      Em              G                        EmThey had a funeral for her, the preacher said she was with the Lord
          C                       Am          C          G        EmThere were lots of pictures of her taped to a poster board

       C                EmAre we high enough to clear these trees?
           G            EmI don't know
         C              EmAre we high enough to clear this place?
          DI don't know

C                                                      GGrocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
C                                           GHigh school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
       C                           DBut my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
        C                                   DWhen I'd hear that sound and put the pedal down
G                Em      G        EmI wound up that fall in a hospital
     C             Am                     C              G         EmOn the suicide wing with a lot of people thinkin' one thing
G                       Em            G                   EmThey had a sign on the wall that said "No touching at all"
          C                   Am           C               G          EmThere were screams in the dark, nurses running down the hall

G                   Em               G                           EmOn the night that I got there, they showered me and searched me hard
          C                        Am            C          G         EmThen they took me to my little room overlooking a graveyard
G                   Em        G               EmWhen I opened my eyes I was strapped to the bed
          C                 Am   C             G       EmThere was a needle in my arm, part of me was gone
G                    Em            G             EmThen they took us outside in our slippers and gowns
       C                      Am                    C                 G           EmTo play basketball on the blacktop, the ball just bounced till it stopped

       C                EmAre we high enough to clear these trees?
           G            EmI don't know
         C              EmAre we high enough to clear this place?
          DI don't know

C                                                      GGrocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
C                                           GHigh school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
       C                           DBut my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
        C                                   DWhen I'd hear that sound and put the pedal down

G                  Em      G              EmWhen the leaves were wet behind the old duplex
         C            Am   C              G          EmWe used to run at night naked through the trees
G                             Em               G                EmAnd you would lean back against me and I would try to stay soft
       C              Am         C            G      EmWe'd listen to the engines as the planes took off