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The Mountain Goats - Distant Stations
All Hail West Texas (2002)
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
e|-2--x-2----2----------------|
B|-3--x-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--|
G|-2--x-2--2-2-2-4--4-2--2-0--| x4
D|-0--x-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Only thing I didn't include is over top of "distant stations" he does a quick A chord in between the 
G and Bm chords.
DI found an old Grock
In the Ddry dirt outGside
The Gdoor of Amy Dmotel room
It was a Dtriangle with soft rounded Gedges
And a Dsplit down the middle of one Gcorner
It was Gdarker than english Amoss
DGreen like the soft frill's of a Gpeacock's plume
I Gwaited for Ayou
But I Dnever told you where I Gwas
It was Eyou who taught me Ahow
To Dwrite these kinds of eBmquations
I Gwaited on the steps for Ayou
And I Dhid in the bushes whenever a Gcar pulled into the parking lot
EYou taught me Ahow to listen to tBmhese distant Gstations
BmDistant Gstations
Bm     G   A   D
I Dsaw the sky Gbreak
I threw a Drock at a crow who was playing In the mulGches and rose bushes by the motel
ofDfice. Missed him by a Agood yard or Dtwo
I sang Dold songs from Gnowhere
Los DAngeles, AlbuGquerque
GSaid a small prayer for the Apoor and the naked and the hungry
And I Dprayed real hard for Gyou
I Gwaited for Ayou
But I Dnever told you where I Gwas
It was Eyou who taught me Ahow
To Dwrite this kind of eBmquation
I Gwaited on the steps for Ayou
And I Dhid in the bushes whenever I saw a Gcar pulled into the parking lot
EYou taught me Ahow to listen to these Bmdistant Gstations
BmDistant Gstations
Bm      G   A   D

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Distant Stations

by The Mountain Goats

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The Mountain Goats - Distant Stations

All Hail West Texas (2002)

Tuning: Standard

Intro:

e|-2--x-2----2----------------|

B|-3--x-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--|

G|-2--x-2--2-2-2-4--4-2--2-0--| x4

D|-0--x-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--|

A|----------------------------|

E|----------------------------|

Only thing I didn't include is over top of "distant stations" he does a quick A chord in between the

G and Bm chords.

D G

I found an old rock

D G

In the dry dirt outside

G A D

The door of my motel room

D G

It was a triangle with soft rounded edges

D G

And a split down the middle of one corner

G A

It was darker than english moss

D G

Green like the soft frill's of a peacock's plume

G A

I waited for you

D G

But I never told you where I was

E A

It was you who taught me how

D Bm

To write these kinds of equations

G A

I waited on the steps for you

D G

And I hid in the bushes whenever a car pulled into the parking lot

E A Bm G

You taught me how to listen to these distant stations

Bm G

Distant stations

Bm G A D

D G

I saw the sky break

D G

I threw a rock at a crow who was playing In the mulches and rose bushes by the motel

D A D

office. Missed him by a good yard or two

D G

I sang old songs from nowhere

D G

Los Angeles, Albuquerque

G A

Said a small prayer for the poor and the naked and the hungry

D G

And I prayed real hard for you

G A

I waited for you

D G

But I never told you where I was

E A

It was you who taught me how

D Bm

To write this kind of equation

G A

I waited on the steps for you

D G

And I hid in the bushes whenever I saw a car pulled into the parking lot

E A Bm G

You taught me how to listen to these distant stations

Bm G

Distant stations

Bm G A D

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