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Alibi
Mountain Goats
[Intro]
 E   Am   B(x2)
[Verse 1]
EI got off work just past 1C#m1 laid one finger to the breeze
AYou can almost taste the action F#mon nights like Bthese
ETrees were bending in the wind C#myou were 40 miles away
AAnd I was headed your direction F#mI’d been waiting all Bday I’d been waiting all
Eday
 E   Am   B(x2)
[Verse 2]
EMoon over West Covina C#mwas huge and white
AAnd I was like a patient on a table F#mheaded for the Blight
ELeaned toward the center divider C#mfeel the wind in my hair
AKeep a light up in your window F#mI'm gonna be right Bthere, I'm gonna be right
Ethere
[Chorus]
EWith a Amgleam in my eye
and Ean alC#mmost airtAight   Balibi
E C#m A B
E
[Verse 3]
EDown by the chemistry building C#mI found a quiet place to park
AAnd I made my way down the street toward your place F#mstepping lightly in the Bdark
EClimbed up the steps to your doorway like a C#mman prepared to jump beneath a train
AIts real warm outside tonight F#mmaybe tomorrow it Brains maybe tomorrow it Erains
 E   Am   B(2X)
[Verse 4]
EInside your room we shut the window C#mand we turned on a fan
AAnd we lay there together in the darkness F#mI can keep a secret If Byou can
EFinishing one another's sentences like a C#mpair of identical twins
AYour boyfriend's out of town until Tuesday
F#mAnd nobody saw Bme come in, nobody saw me come Ein
[Chorus]
EWith a Amgleam in my eye
and Ean alC#mmost airtAight   Balibi
[Outro]
E C#m A B
E
 E   Am   B(x4)

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Alibi

by The Mountain Goats

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C#m

F#m

Alibi

Mountain Goats

[Intro]

E Am B

(x2)

[Verse 1]

E C#m

I got off work just past 11 laid one finger to the breeze

A F#m B

You can almost taste the action on nights like these

E C#m

Trees were bending in the wind you were 40 miles away

A F#m B

And I was headed your direction I’d been waiting all day I’d been waiting all

day

E Am B

(x2)

[Verse 2]

E C#m

Moon over West Covina was huge and white

A F#m B

And I was like a patient on a table headed for the light

E C#m

Leaned toward the center divider feel the wind in my hair

A F#m B

Keep a light up in your window I'm gonna be right there, I'm gonna be right

there

[Chorus]

E Am

With a gleam in my eye

E C#m A B

and an almost airtight alibi

E C#m A B

[Verse 3]

E C#m

Down by the chemistry building I found a quiet place to park

A F#m B

And I made my way down the street toward your place stepping lightly in the dark

E C#m

Climbed up the steps to your doorway like a man prepared to jump beneath a train

A F#m B E

Its real warm outside tonight maybe tomorrow it rains maybe tomorrow it rains

E Am B

(2X)

[Verse 4]

E C#m

Inside your room we shut the window and we turned on a fan

A F#m B

And we lay there together in the darkness I can keep a secret If you can

E C#m

Finishing one another's sentences like a pair of identical twins

Your boyfriend's out of town until Tuesday

F#m B E

And nobody saw me come in, nobody saw me come in

[Chorus]

E Am

With a gleam in my eye

E C#m A B

and an almost airtight alibi

[Outro]

E C#m A B

E Am B

(x4)

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