Cattails chords by Big Thief

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: AbAb

Difficulty: Novice

Capo 4

Intro:
F# minorF#m E MajorE
F# minorF#m D MajorD
A augmentedA  D MajorD E MajorE

Verse 1:
F# minorF#m E MajorE   F# minorF#m  D MajorD
Caro line, Caro line
  A augmentedA      D MajorD      E MajorE
I never could leave you to struggle
F# minorF#m   E MajorE   F# minorF#m    D MajorD
Hold the line, hold the line
A augmentedA    D MajorD      E MajorE
I'll be there on the double
F# minorF#m E MajorE   F# minorF#m D MajorD
In  time, in  time
A augmentedA    D MajorD    E MajorE
Everyone does see trouble

Chorus:
       F# minorF#m     D MajorD      E MajorE
And you don't need to know why when you cry
     F# minorF#m     D MajorD
You don't need to know why
     F# minorF#m     D MajorD      E MajorE
You don't need to know why when you cry


Verse 2:
F# minorF#m   E MajorE   F# minorF#m   D MajorD
Violet's eyes, Violet plays
 A augmentedA     D MajorD      E MajorE
Going back home to the Great Lakes
     F# minorF#m   E MajorE
Where the cattail sways
     F# minorF#m   D MajorD
With the lonesome loon
 A augmentedA      D MajorD     E MajorE
Riding that train in late June


Chorus:
     F# minorF#m   D MajorD     E MajorE
With the windows wide by my side
     F# minorF#m   D MajorD
With the windows wide
     F# minorF#m   D MajorD     E MajorE
With the windows wide by my side

Verse 3:
     F# minorF#m   E MajorE      F# minorF#m  D MajorD
And the clusters fell, like an empty bell
A augmentedA    D MajorD       E MajorE
Meteor shower at the motel
      F# minorF#m  E MajorE     F# minorF#m  D MajorD
Where the empty space is a saving grace
A augmentedA      D MajorD     E MajorE
Making good time and doing well
     F# minorF#m    E MajorE      F# minorF#m   D MajorD
Still the question sings, like Saturn's rings
 A augmentedA     D MajorD       E MajorE
Maybe she knows and she won't tell


Chorus:

       F# minorF#m     D MajorD      E MajorE
But you don't need to know why when you cry
     F# minorF#m     D MajorD
You don't need to know why
     F# minorF#m     D MajorD      E MajorE
You don't need to know why when you cry

Instrumental:
F# minorF#m E MajorE
F# minorF#m D MajorD
A augmentedA  D MajorD E MajorE

Verse 4:
   F# minorF#m    E MajorE       F# minorF#m   D MajorD
And I find you there in your country flair
 A augmentedA      D MajorD     E MajorE
Middle of the river in a lawn chair
      F# minorF#m   E MajorE       F# minorF#m  D MajorD
With your wrinkled hands and your silver hair
 A augmentedA      D MajorD      E MajorE
Leaving here soon and you know where
       F# minorF#m   E MajorE       F# minorF#m   D MajorD
To where the cattail sways with the lonesome loon
      A augmentedA      D MajorD       E MajorE
You'll be riding that train in late June


Chorus:
     F# minorF#m   D MajorD       E MajorE
With the windows wide by your side
     F# minorF#m   D MajorD
With the windows wide
     F# minorF#m   D MajorD       E MajorE
With the windows wide by your side
     F# minorF#m     D MajorD
You don't need to know why
     F# minorF#m     D MajorD      E MajorE
You don't need to know why when you cry

Instrumental:
F# minorF#m E MajorE
F# minorF#m D MajorD
A augmentedA  D MajorD E MajorE