Cattail Down

standard tuning capo 2nd fret the C/B/Am part is your regular | - 0 - 0 - 0 - | | - 1 - 1 - 1 - | | - 0 - 0 - 2 - | | - 2 - 0 - 2 - | | - 3 - 2 - 0 - | | - - - - - - - | walkdown . Am E Am Am cattail down , E Am E the morning rail yard whistle blows . Am cattail down , E Am E our boxcar bound for . . . no one knows . Dm after every hidden seed out G from it covering has been freed , C B Am when every book has been discarded from the bookshelf . F cattail down , E Am E Am E and the forgetting of myself . Am cattail down , E Am E replace the feathers in our vest . Am cattail down , E surround the ivy Am E that’s gone to poison in my chest . Dm "the parachutes broke loose , " G cried the goose with misplaced C B but understandable concern Am for his little brother’s mental health . F his happy little brother , Em Am E Am E in the forgetting of himself . Bridge Am E ( x4 ) Dm G C B Am F E Am E ( x2 ) Am cattail down , E Am E around the bulrush , the pollen shed . Am cattail down , E to dress my wounds , Am E it left a bee sting in their stead . Dm headed east out of st . paul , G we stopped for water . C rested in the cemetery , B Am watched the mississippi . Dm running out of food stamps , G found a bag along the footpath C off highway 61 filled with B Am what looked like marijuana . ( don’t worry mom , we left it there ) Dm hopped a grainer out a pig’s eye G toward milwaukee , the deer C B between the tower and the tracks , Am saw right through us . Dm said , "you don’t know where you came from , G you don’t know where you’re going , C you think you’re you - B you don’t know who you are , Am you’re not you . you’re everyone else . " D G C B Am ( x6 ) you’re everyone else . F E Am