Tom: B
F# - 244322
G#m - 466444
E - 022100
C#m - x46654
B/Eb - x698xx
Verse 1: Kyle
B
two pairs of
B/Eb E
spectacles a
B
lens polisher
E B/Eb
a pocket knife
B
a watch fob a
E B/Eb
linen handkerchief
B
a brown leather
E
wallet containing
B/Eb
five dollars
Refrain 1:
Caithlin
G#m F#
Make amends
G#m
Let's make
F# F#
amends Make
E F#
amends We'll
E
make amends
Kyle:
confederate
money
Verse 2: Kyle
B
that there is
E B/Eb B
walt whitman's pen
E
it sat in his hand
B/Eb B
and drank ink and
E
whitman lay upstairs
B/Eb
and watched the
B
trains fascinated
E B/Eb
by the big engines
Refrain 2:
Caithlin
G#m F#
Make amends
G#m
Let's make
F# F#
amends Make
E F#
amends We'll
E
make amends
Kyle:
me i'm
just anxious
Verse 3: Kyle
B
lincoln struck
E
at the back of
B/Eb B
the head as if by
E B/Eb
a velvet curtain
B
his body lists
E
and folds creased
B/Eb B
at the hip and
e
rolls to the floor
B/Eb
beside his seat
Refrain 3:
Caithlin
G#m F#
Make amends
G#m
Let's make
F# F#
amends Make
E F#
amends We'll
E
make amends
Kyle:
the light's
gone out now
Chorus 1: Both Kyle and Caithlin
B
these relics rise
F#/Bb
like steam and
G#m
each disseminates
F# B
encircling like
a halo down
F#/Bb
trajectory
G#m
of a common
F#
crowd of simmering
Chorus 2: Caithlin
B
slammed to the back
F#/Bb
of your head you've
G#m
never been hit before
F#
how can you deal with
B
that kind of information?
F#/Bb
slammed to your chest
like a curtain hits
G#m
the floor how can you
F#
deal with that kind
C#m B C#m B C#m B C#m B C#m B
of information?
(Repeat Verse 1)
(Repeat Refrain 1)
(Repeat Verse 2)
(Repeat Refrain 2)
(Repeat Chorus 1)
Chorus 3: Caithlin
B
slammed to the back
F#/Bb
of your head you've
G#m
never been hit before
F#
how can you deal with
B
that kind of information?
F#/Bb
slammed to your chest
like a curtain hits
G#m
the floor how can you
F#
deal with that kind
C#m B C#m B C#m B C#m B C#m B
of information?
C#m B C#m B C#m B
