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Casimir Pulaski Day Tab

by Sufjan Stevens


The second tab for this song is correct for one of the guitar parts, but here's a
version with the lyrics. The song sounds OK with just the chords.
I think there are two guitars and maybe a harp, so this is by definition incomplete.

Capo: 1st fret

MAIN RIFF:
                                
     v ^ v ^       v^       v^       v^
e|---2-2-2-3-------33-------00-------33--------------------------|
b|---3-3-3-1-------11-------11-------33--------------------------|
g|-2-2-2-2-0-------00-------22-------00--------------------------|
d|0--0-0-0-2---0/2-22---0/2-22-------00--------------------------|
a|-----------3--------2--------0--0/2--3-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------3-------------------------------|
v = Down stroke
^ = up stroke

Intro: Main Riff 2X

                 
Goldenrod and the 4H stone, 
    
the things I brought you, 
                                           
when I found out you had cancer of the bone 

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

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