{"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":601825,"song":"Source Decay","artist":"The Mountain Goats","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11572286-source-decay-chords-by-the-mountain-goats/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/601825?type=chord","rating":4.64677,"votes":56,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Esus4[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Esus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOnce a week I make the drive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#5[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n two hours east to check the Austin post office box.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]F#5[/ch]\r\nI take the detour through our old neighborhood,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nsee all the Chevy Impalas in their front yards up on blocks,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nand I park in an alley and I read through the postcards[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthat you continue to send:[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#5[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere as indirectly as you can you ask what I remember.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI like these torture devices from my old best friend.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nWell I'll tell you what I know[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nlike I swore I always would -[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  I don't think it's gonna do you any good:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward the water.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] (x3)\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI always get a late start,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#5[/ch]\r\nwhen the sun's going down[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the traffic's thinning out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand the glare is hard to take. I wish the[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]F#5[/ch]\r\n West Texas highway was a Möbius strip -[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI could ride it out forever. When I feel my heart break,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI almost swear I hear it happen, it's that clear and that hard.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI come in off the highway and I park in my front yard.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI fall out of the car[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nlike a hostage from a plane,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nthink of you a while and[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nstart wishing it would rain.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward the water.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] (x3)\r\n[ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Esus4[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI come into the house,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#5[/ch]\r\nput on a pot of coffee,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  walk the floors a little while.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]F#5[/ch]\r\nI set the postcard on a table with all the others like it,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  start sorting through the pile.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI check the pictures and the postmarks[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\nand the captions and the stamps[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nfor signs of any pattern at all.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#5[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I come up empty-handed, the feeling almost overwhelms me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]\r\n  I let a few of my defenses fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]                               [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nand I smile a bitter smile - it's not a pretty thing to see -[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI think about a railroad platform back in 1983[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward the water.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] (x3)\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE  E  Esus4  E  Esus4\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Interlude]\nA E A E (x3)\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Interlude]\nA E A E (x3)\nEsus4 E Esus4 E\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n[Interlude]\nA E A E (x3)\nE\nA  E  A  E  A  E","chords":["E","Esus4","F#5","A","B","C#m","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Esus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,2,0,0]}}}