Pittsburgh

mason jennings pittsburgh from blood of man tabbed by drew langworthy tuned half a step down G Em G Em my mom’d give me twenty and say "stay out till dawn" C Am C G when her boyfriend was over and they wanted me gone G Em G Em i would walk through the woods to the old graveyard C Am C G Em and roll my own tops and think two kinda thoughts C Em are we high enough to clear these trees? G Em i don’t know G Em G Em that was the summer dave’s girlfriend od’ed C Am C G she died in the bathroom at a party down the street G Em G Em i went to see him the next night , he had a new tattoo C Am C G he was watching home movies of her , his face was wet , he looked so confused G Em G Em they had a funeral for her , the preacher said she was with the lord C Am C G Em there were lots of pictures of her taped to a poster board C Em are we high enough to clear these trees? G Em i don’t know C Em are we high enough to clear this place? D i don’t know C G grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light C G high school halls and shopping malls never fit me right C D but my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand C D when i’d hear that sound and put the pedal down G Em G Em i wound up that fall in a hospital C Am C G Em on the suicide wing with a lot of people thinkin’ one thing G Em G Em they had a sign on the wall that said "no touching at all" C Am C G Em there were screams in the dark , nurses running down the hall G Em G Em on the night that i got there , they showered me and searched me hard C Am C G Em then they took me to my little room overlooking a graveyard G Em G Em when i opened my eyes i was strapped to the bed C Am C G Em there was a needle in my arm , part of me was gone G Em G Em then they took us outside in our slippers and gowns C Am C G Em to play basketball on the blacktop , the ball just bounced till it stopped C Em are we high enough to clear these trees? G Em i don’t know C Em are we high enough to clear this place? D i don’t know C G grocery stores in the middle of the night shine their own kinda light C G high school halls and shopping malls never fit me right C D but my heart would swing free like a lasso from my hand C D when i’d hear that sound and put the pedal down G Em G Em when the leaves were wet behind the old duple x C Am C G Em we used to run at night naked through the trees G Em G Em and you would lean back against me and i would try to stay soft C Am C G Em we’d listen to the engines as the planes took off