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, E 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." Dm G C B Am (x6) you're everyone else. F E Am