Pittsburgh
Mason JenningsVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
My mom'd give me twenty and say "Stay out till dawn"
When her boyfriend was over and they wanted me gone
I would walk through the woods to the old graveyard
And roll my own tops and think two kinda thoughts
Are we high enough to clear these trees?
I don't know
That was the summer Dave's girlfriend OD'ed
She died in the bathroom at a party down the street
I went to see him the next night, he had a new tattoo
He was watching home movies of her, his face was wet, he looked so confused
They had a funeral for her, the preacher said she was with the Lord
There were lots of pictures of her taped to a poster board
Are we high enough to clear these trees?
I don't know
Are we high enough to clear this place?
I don't know
Grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
High school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
But my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
When I'd hear that sound and put the pedal down
I wound up that fall in a hospital
On the suicide wing with a lot of people thinkin' one thing
They had a sign on the wall that said "No touching at all"
There were screams in the dark, nurses running down the hall
On the night that I got there, they showered me and searched me hard
Then they took me to my little room overlooking a graveyard
When I opened my eyes I was strapped to the bed
There was a needle in my arm, part of me was gone
Then they took us outside in our slippers and gowns
To play basketball on the blacktop, the ball just bounced till it stopped
Are we high enough to clear these trees?
I don't know
Are we high enough to clear this place?
I don't know
Grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light
High school halls and shopping malls never fit me right
But my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand
When I'd hear that sound and put the pedal down
When the leaves were wet behind the old duplex
We used to run at night naked through the trees
And you would lean back against me and I would try to stay soft
We'd listen to the engines as the planes took off
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Readable chord sheet for Pittsburgh by Mason Jennings
[G]My mom'd give me t[Em]wenty and say "S[G]tay out till da[Em]wn" When he[C]r boyfriend was over[Am] and they w[C]anted me gon[G]e [G]I would walk through the [Em]woods to the[G] old graveyar[Em]d And[C] roll my own tops [Am]and think tw[C]o kinda thought[G]s [Em] Are we [C]high enough to c[Em]lear these trees? I don't kno[G]w [Em] [G]That was the su[Em]mmer Dave'[G]s girlfriend OD'[Em]ed She die[C]d in the bathroom [Am]at a par[C]ty down the stre[G]et [G]I went to see him the ne[Em]xt night, he [G]had a new tatto[Em]o He was [C]watching home movies of [Am]her, his face was [C]wet, he looked so conf[G]used [G]They had a funeral for [Em]her, the preache[G]r said she was with the L[Em]ord There were[C] lots of pictures of her[Am] taped to a [C]poster boar[G]d [Em] Are we [C]high enough to cl[Em]ear these trees? I don't kno[G]w [Em] Are we hi[C]gh enough to cl[Em]ear this place? I don't kn[D]ow [C]Grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their o[G]wn kinda light [C]High school halls and shopping malls never f[G]it me right But my [C]heart would swing free like [D]a lasso from my hand When I'd[C] hear that sound and put the pedal d[D]own [G]I wound up that f[Em]all in a[G] hospital[Em] On th[C]e suicide wing[Am] with a lot of people t[C]hinkin' one thi[G]ng [Em] [G]They had a sign on the w[Em]all that said [G]"No touching at all"[Em] There were[C] screams in the dark[Am], nurses runn[C]ing down the hal[G]l [Em] [G]On the night that I [Em]got there, they s[G]howered me and searched me h[Em]ard Then they [C]took me to my little room[Am] overlooking a[C] graveyard [G] [Em] [G]When I opened my eye[Em]s I was st[G]rapped to the be[Em]d There was [C]a needle in my arm[Am], par[C]t of me was go[G]ne [Em] [G]Then they took us out[Em]side in our sl[G]ippers and gow[Em]ns To play[C] basketball on the blac[Am]ktop, the ball just bo[C]unced till it stop[G]ped [Em] Are we [C]high enough to cl[Em]ear these trees? I don't kno[G]w [Em] Are we hi[C]gh enough to cl[Em]ear this place? I don't kn[D]ow [C]Grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their o[G]wn kinda light [C]High school halls and shopping malls never f[G]it me right But my [C]heart would swing free like [D]a lasso from my hand When I'd[C] hear that sound and put the pedal d[D]own [G]When the leaves wer[Em]e wet be[G]hind the old du[Em]plex We used t[C]o run at nigh[Am]t nak[C]ed through the [G]trees [Em] [G]And you would lean back agains[Em]t me and I would [G]try to stay soft [Em] We'd li[C]sten to the eng[Am]ines as the[C] planes took [G]off [Em]