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Short and sweet song. Real easy to play. He's tuned a bit off in the recording so 
it's hard to play along with.
|   E|   A|   X2
   Ethe last white slabs of snow
   Amelted off seven weeks ago.
   Eand the geese are headed north again
   Athrough the tightening sky,
and i can Efeel my heart in my Bthroat again
   Enew onions growing in the Aground.
|   E|   A|   X2
   Ethe cows come gingerly out of the barn,
   Aand when they see that the ground is warm,
they pick up Ea little speed, it makes me feel so good,
and i Afeel it rushing down my throat -- fresh blood,
i head Eout onto the earth, its Bcold heart is melting,
   Ei don't know if i can Astand it.
springtime's Ecoming, that means you'll be Bcoming back around.
   Enew onions growing underAground, underground.
|   E|   A|   X5
Ends on E  

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Onions

by The Mountain Goats

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Short and sweet song. Real easy to play. He's tuned a bit off in the recording so

it's hard to play along with.

E A

| | | X2

the last white slabs of snow

melted off seven weeks ago.

and the geese are headed north again

through the tightening sky,

E B

and i can feel my heart in my throat again

E A

new onions growing in the ground.

E A

| | | X2

the cows come gingerly out of the barn,

and when they see that the ground is warm,

they pick up a little speed, it makes me feel so good,

and i feel it rushing down my throat -- fresh blood,

E B

i head out onto the earth, its cold heart is melting,

E A

i don't know if i can stand it.

E B

springtime's coming, that means you'll be coming back around.

E A

new onions growing underground, underground.

E A

| | | X5

Ends on

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