Casimir Pulaski Day chords by Sufjan Stevens

Capo on 1st fret

C
Goldenrod and the 4h stone,
    G
the things I brought you
              G
when I found out you had cancer of the bone.

C
Your father cried on the telephone,
       G
and he drove his car into the navy yard,
                 G
just to prove that he was sorry.

       C
In the morning, through the window shade,
          G
when the light pressed up against your shoulderblade,
           G
I could see what you were reading.

        C
All the glory that the Lord has made,
        G
and the complications you could do without,
                G
when I kissed you on the mouth.

C
Tuesday night at the Bible study,
   G
we lift our hands and pray over your body,
               G
but nothing ever happens.

C
I remember at Michael's house,
        G
in the living room when you kissed my neck,
             G
and I almost touched your blouse.

       C
In the morning at the top of the stairs,
          G
when your father found out what we did that night,
           G
and you told me you were scared.

        C
All the glory when you ran outside,
          G
with your shirt tucked in and your shoes untied,
              G
and you told me not to follow you.

G

C
Sunday night when I cleaned the house,
  G
I find the card where you wrote it out,
            G
with the pictures of your mother.

C
On the floor at the great divide,
        G
With my shirt tucked in and my shoes untied,
              G
I am crying in the bathroom.

       C
In the morning when you finally go,
        G
and the nurse runs in with her head hung low,
                    G
and the cardinal hits the window.

       C
In the morning in the winter shade,
      G
on the first of March on the holiday,
           G
I thought I saw you breathing.

        C
All the glory that the Lord has made,
       G
and the complications when I see His face,
            G
in the morning in the window.

        C
All the glory when he took our place,
       G
but he took my shoulders and he shook my face,
                 G