{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":421435,"song":"Pittsfield","artist":"Sufjan Stevens","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11559724-pittsfield-chords-by-sufjan-stevens/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/421435?type=chord","rating":4.68235,"votes":9,"content":"Pittsfield – by Sufjan Stevens\r\n\r\nCapo 5th\r\n\r\nI’m pretty sure this is how she goes.  It’s difficult to tell sometimes because the\r\narrangement is occasionally at odds with the guitar.  The verses and first chorus\r\nI’m the most confident is correct — the final pre-chorus/chorus I’m less sure about.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Fmaj7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm not afraid of you now, I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Am7/F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I climbed down from the bunk beds this low[/tab]\r\n\r\nI can talk back to you now, I know\r\nFrom a few things I learned from this TV show\r\n\r\nYou can work late till midnight, we don't care\r\nWe can fix our own meals, we can wash our own hair\r\n\r\nI go to school before sunrise, in the cold\r\nAnd I pulled the alarm, and I kicked up the salad bowls\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSince that time we meant to say much[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nUnsaid things begin to change[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAfter school we shoveled through the snow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nDrive upstate in silence in the cold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch] (possibly [ch]Am[/ch])\r\nYou can remind me of it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat I was lazy and tired[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch] (possibly [ch]Am[/ch])\r\nYou can work all your life as[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm not afraid of you anymore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\nIf I loved you a long time, I don't know\r\nIf I can't recall the last time you told me so\r\nHere in this house in Pittsfield\r\nThe ghost of our grandmother works at the sewing machine post\r\nHiding the bills in the kitchen on the floor\r\nAnd my sister lost her best friend in the Persian Gulf War\r\nThere was a flood in the bathroom last May\r\nAnd you kicked at the pipes when it rattled oh the river it made\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nStand there, tell me that I'm of no use[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThings unspoken break us if we share[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThere's still time to wash the kitchen floor[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn your knees, at the sink once more[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can remind me that I was tired[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can work late and give yourself up[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow that I'm older, wiser, and working less[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI don't regret having left the place a mess[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can remind me that I was lazy and tired[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou can recall your life as[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] (possibly [ch]F[/ch])   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm not afraid of you, anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] (possibly [ch]F[/ch]) [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnymore[/tab]","plain_text":"Pittsfield – by Sufjan Stevens\n\nCapo 5th\n\nI’m pretty sure this is how she goes.  It’s difficult to tell sometimes because the\narrangement is occasionally at odds with the guitar.  The verses and first chorus\nI’m the most confident is correct — the final pre-chorus/chorus I’m less sure about.\n\n\n[Intro]\nC Am G\nF Am Fmaj7 G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nI can talk back to you now, I know\nFrom a few things I learned from this TV show\n\nYou can work late till midnight, we don't care\nWe can fix our own meals, we can wash our own hair\n\nI go to school before sunrise, in the cold\nAnd I pulled the alarm, and I kicked up the salad bowls\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\nIf I loved you a long time, I don't know\nIf I can't recall the last time you told me so\nHere in this house in Pittsfield\nThe ghost of our grandmother works at the sewing machine post\nHiding the bills in the kitchen on the floor\nAnd my sister lost her best friend in the Persian Gulf War\nThere was a flood in the bathroom last May\nAnd you kicked at the pipes when it rattled oh the river it made\n\n[Pre-Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Am","G","F","Fmaj7","Am7/F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}