Pittsburgh chords by Mason Jennings

Pittsburgh
from Blood of Man
Tabbed by Drew Langworthy


Tuned half a step down

Em
My mom'd give me twenty and say "Stay out till dawn"
       G
When her boyfriend was over and they wanted me gone
Em
I would walk through the woods to the old graveyard
   Em
And roll my own tops and think two kinda thoughts

       Em
Are we high enough to clear these trees?
           Em
I don't know

Em
That was the summer Dave's girlfriend OD'ed
       G
She died in the bathroom at a party down the street
Em
I went to see him the next night, he had a new tattoo
       G
He was watching home movies of her, his face was wet, he looked so confused
Em
They had a funeral for her, the preacher said she was with the Lord
          Em
There were lots of pictures of her taped to a poster board

       Em
Are we high enough to clear these trees?
           Em
I don't know
         Em
Are we high enough to clear this place?
          D
I don't know

G
Grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
G
High school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
       D
But my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
        D
When I'd hear that sound and put the pedal down
Em
I wound up that fall in a hospital
     Em
On the suicide wing with a lot of people thinkin' one thing
Em
They had a sign on the wall that said "No touching at all"
          Em
There were screams in the dark, nurses running down the hall

Em
On the night that I got there, they showered me and searched me hard
          Em
Then they took me to my little room overlooking a graveyard
Em
When I opened my eyes I was strapped to the bed
          Em
There was a needle in my arm, part of me was gone
Em
Then they took us outside in our slippers and gowns
       Em
To play basketball on the blacktop, the ball just bounced till it stopped

       Em
Are we high enough to clear these trees?
           Em
I don't know
         Em
Are we high enough to clear this place?
          D
I don't know

G
Grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
G
High school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
       D
But my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
        D
When I'd hear that sound and put the pedal down

Em
When the leaves were wet behind the old duplex
         Em
We used to run at night naked through the trees
Em
And you would lean back against me and I would try to stay soft
       Em
We'd listen to the engines as the planes took off