{"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":1025679,"song":"Old College Try","artist":"The Mountain Goats","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11226301-old-college-try-chords-by-the-mountain-goats/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1025679?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":166,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]C#m[/ch]      \r\nFrom the housetops to the gutters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the oceans to the shores[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThe warning signs have all been bright and garish[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFar to great in number to ignore[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nFrom the cities to the swamplands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom the highways to the hills[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nOur love has never had a leg to stand on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nFrom the aspirins to the cross-tops to the Elevils[/tab]\r\n        \r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch] \r\nBut I will walk [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\ndown to the end with you[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you will come all the way down with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nFrom the entrance to the exit[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs longer than it looks from where we stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wanna say I'm sorry [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nfor stuff I haven't done yet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]E[/ch]       \r\nThings will shortly get completely out of hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI can feel it in the rotten air tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                     \r\nIn the tips of my fingers [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin the skin on my face[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIn the weak last gasp of the evening's dying light[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the way those eyes I've always loved illuminate this place[/tab]\r\n      \r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLike a trashcan fire in a prison cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLike the searchlights in the parking lots of hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI will walk down to the end with you[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you will come all the way down with me[/tab]\r\n\r\n(then verse progression while organ solo plays over it, \r\nfollowed by D E A, then A E D transitioned rapidly, \r\nthen [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch])","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA  C#m  D  E  D\nA  F#m  D  E\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n        \n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n      \n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n(then verse progression while organ solo plays over it, \nfollowed by D E A, then A E D transitioned rapidly, \nthen A E A)","chords":["A","C#m","D","E","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}