Springfield Or Bobby Got A Shadfly Caught In His Hair

Sufjan Stevens

Intro and verse, hammer part e----------------------------------------------------x---| b---------------------------1------------------------3---| g--4p0--2p0--0--------------0--------------0---------2---| d-------------2-------2-----2---0h2-0------0------0------| a-------------2--0h2--------3--------------x--0h2--------| e-------------0----------------------------3-------------| W/ hammers: I don't care to say what I failed to recognize Every single day from the poker to the prize W/o hammers: Running out of Springfield I worked for the Capitol Air in the {bags?} Found a woman there who said She had a mind to make me a messenger man G---0---2---4----------- If my father took his life for national plan I don't care I'm not about to stake my grave with a paper and a bucket of plans Never ever I can take the pillowcases off the yellow pillows Make a property line from the bed In the living room, the living room, the morning papers Make the most out of nothing at all W/ hammers: So we took the room with a view of the run{a}way I took off my clothes and she took it for a holiday (solo) W/o hammers: I was taken for all the things that I never had before Running out of Springfield She left me with a note saying "Bobby don't look back" G---0---2---4----------- And if my wife took a bicycle ride with a knife in her hand I saw it coming All the shadflies run at once with a trumpet or a train Oh I'm running from it Wait a minute, wait a minute Give a minute, baby, I can explain the aftershave Wait a minute, wait a minute, give a minute Bobby got a shadfly caught in his hair