{"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":367630,"song":"Pale Green Things","artist":"The Mountain Goats","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11556185-pale-green-things-chords-by-the-mountain-goats/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/367630?type=chord","rating":4.78638,"votes":41,"content":"Pale Green Things\r\n\r\nThere’s something a little weird about the the C chords.  I think John adds a high G \r\n(on the first string), but I’m not sure.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n  Got up before dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Went down to the racetrack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Riding with the windows down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   Shortly after your first heart attack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   You parked behind the paddock[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Cracking asphalt underfoot[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Coming up through the cracks[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPale green things, pale green things[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n   You watched the horses run their workouts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   You held your stopwatch in your left hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n   And a Racing Form beneath your arm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   Casting your gaze way out to no man's land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Sometimes I'll meet you out there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Lonely and frightened[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Flicking my tongue out at the wet leaves[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPale green things, pale green things[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n   My sister called at 3 AM[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   Just last December[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n   She told me how you'd died at last, at last[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                           [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\n   That morning at the racetrack was one thing that I remembered[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   I turned it over in my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Like a living Chinese finger trap[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Seaweed in Indiana sawgrass[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPale green things, pale green things[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"Pale Green Things\n\nThere’s something a little weird about the the C chords.  I think John adds a high G \n(on the first string), but I’m not sure.\n\n\n[Intro]\nC  F  C  F\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\nC  F  C  F\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nC  F  C  F  C  F  C  F  Am  C  Am  C  Am  C  G  C\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nC  F  C  F  C  F  C  F  Am  C  Am  C  Am  C  G  C","chords":["C","G","F","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}