Carrie Lowell Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays393

Carrie Lowell by Sufjan Stevens is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, F, G, Am, Dm and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D         F 
Carrie and Lowell 
G            Am    G    
Such a long time ago 
D            F 
Like a dead horse 
G           Am         G 
Meadowlark drive your arrow 

Dm         Am              G 
Season of hope (after the flood) 
             Am     G  
Valentine, spurn my sorrow 
Dm           Am                      G 
Head on the floorboards (covered in blood) 
            Am   G 
Drunk as a horsefly 

C            F         C 
Climb on the mattress pad 
Am       G 
Twist my arm 

D         F 
Under the pear tree 
G            Am        G 
Shadows and light conspiring 
D               F 
Covered bridge, I scream 
G              Am       G 
Cottage Grove shade invite me 

Dm         Am              G 
I will bow down (Dido’s lament) 
             Am      G 
Lord of the ancient waters 
Dm           Am                  G 
From the backyard (as far as she went) 
            Am   G 
Carrie surprised me 

C      F     C 
Erebus on my back 
Am       G     
My lucky charm 

F          C 
Carried by stones 
G         Dm   Am 
Fairyland all around us 
F           C 
Like a dead horse 
G            Dm         Am 
Sign of your children’s fever 

F            C 
Carrie, come home 
             G 
(Thorazine’s friend) 
             Dm         Am 
Holding your hands with Opal 
F           C 
Like a dead horse 
            G 
(Shall we ascend) 
              Am G 
Flight of the mayfly 
C        F    G 
Ephemera on my back 
    Am        G 
She breaks my arm 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante