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Pulaski At Night

Andrew Bird

RockMedium for beginners11 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Am×
C×
G
D××
E
F
Dm××
A×
Em
F#mDiagram coming soon
Bm×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Standard tuning, no capo 
 
Intro: Am C G D x2 (Plucking) 
 
Am         C 
Half empty, half full 
G          D 
Cup runneth over 
Am             C 
Horns of plenty, coffers full 
G            D       Am 
We're starting over 
 
(Strumming) 
Am C G D x2 
 
Am         C 
Half empty, half full 
G        D      
Cup runneth over 
Am            G 
Horns of plenty, coffers full 
           E       D 
We're starting over 
 
F                G 
I write you a story 
   Dm    Am 
But it loses its thread 
F      G 
And all of my witnesses 
Dm          Am 
Keep turning up, turning up dead 
 
F   G         
I paint you a picture 
Dm   Am 
Of Pulaski at night 
F 
Come back to Chicago 
    G         E       A 
City of, city of light 
 
             Dm           
Come back to Chicago 
 
Am Em G F#m D Am G F#m A Am 
 
     G         F#m  C  Am  
Oohhhhh were starting over 
G       Bm       C  
oohhhhh starting over 
 
Am D G C 
Am D G E 
 
  Am          D 
I paint you a picture 
G             C      A  Am 
But it never looks right 
                    D 
Cause I fill in the shadows 
     G                            E 
And block out the, I block out the light 
 
Am              D 
I send you a postcard 
G                   C      
It says, "Pulaski at night" 
Am              D 
Greetings from Chicago 
     G            E 
City of, city of light 
A              D 
Come back to Chicago 
G            E       A 
City of, city of light 
       D 
Come back to Chicago 
 
 
Outro: Am G F#m D x2 
 
      G        F#m    C   Am 
Oohhhhh were starting over 
      G      C      F 
Oohhhhh starting over 
          
 

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Chord set

Am · C · G · D · E · F · Dm · A · Em · F#m · Bm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.