Carrie Lowell chords by Sufjan Stevens

Chords with lyrics

All credit for this goes to Reddit user blueblockers. I found his tab looking for this song, and wanted to
1) put it on here, and 2) transcribe it to no capo.


D MajorD     FF
Carrie and Lowell
G+G      A minorAm  G+G
Such a long time ago
D MajorD      FF
Like a dead horse
G+G      A minorAm     G+G
Meadowlark drive your arrow

DmDm     A minorAm       G+G
Season of hope (after the flood)
       A minorAm   G+G
Valentine, spurn my sorrow
DmDm      A minorAm           G+G
Head on the floorboards (covered in blood)
      A minorAm  G+G
Drunk as a horsefly

C majorC      FF     C majorC
Climb on the mattress pad
A minorAm    G+G
Twist my arm

D MajorD     FF
Under the pear tree
G+G      A minorAm    G+G
Shadows and light conspiring
D MajorD        FF
Covered bridge, I scream
G+G       A minorAm    G+G
Cottage Grove shade invite me

DmDm     A minorAm       G+G
I will bow down (Dido?s lament)
       A minorAm   G+G
Lord of the ancient waters
DmDm      A minorAm         G+G
From the backyard (as far as she went)
      A minorAm  G+G
Carrie surprised me

C majorC   FF   C majorC
Erebus on my back
A minorAm    G+G
My lucky charm

FF     C majorC
Carried by stones
G+G     DmDm  A minorAm
Fairyland all around us
FF      C majorC
Like a dead horse
G+G      DmDm     A minorAm
Sign of your children?s fever

FF      C majorC
Carrie, come home
       G+G
(Thorazine?s friend)
       DmDm     A minorAm
Holding your hands with Opal
FF      C majorC
Like a dead horse
      G+G
(Shall we ascend)
       A minorAm G+G
Flight of the mayfly
C majorC    FF  G+G
Ephemera on my back
  A minorAm    G+G