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Eminor

90BPM

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1/3

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 3Position: 2

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

[Chords]
at the end of the Em he sometimes hits the high E string like so:
e|-3-2-0--|
B|-0-0-0--|
G|-0-0-0--|
D|-2-2-2--|
A|-2-2-2--|
E|-0-0-0--|
[Intro]
 Em   C    Am(x2)
[Verse]
Emthe blackest storm i ever saw
was comCing in from Amomaha
Emand the latest news from tokyo was
Ca lot of ugly Amnumbers
Emi was checkin' pay phones for forgotten coins
as the cloudCs came over Amwest des moines
Emgot into the house got the curtains drawn
Cgot into the the shower with Amall my clothes on
[Chorus]
Emhey! hey! let the water come downG!D  
Emhey! hey! let the water come downG!D  
 Em   C    Am(x2)
[Verse]
Emby noon it was clear that winter'd come
Cand i just let the Amwater run
Emand i got soap suds in my eyes
Cand it stung like Amiodine
Emthe phone started ringing like a fire alarm
Cand the voice on the machine was Ambrutally calm
Emnew numbers coming down the wire
Cgot into the shower with my Ameyes on fire
[Chorus]
Emhey! hey! let it fall on me,
Glet it all come down Drelentlessly!
Emyou swore that you would stick around
Gwhen days like this started Dcoming down!
Embreak out the crystal!G  D  
Emget out the good champagne!G  D  
Emwe're going downG  D  
Emin flames.G  D  

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Shower

by The Mountain Goats

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Chords]

at the end of the Em he sometimes hits the high E string like so:

e|-3-2-0--|

B|-0-0-0--|

G|-0-0-0--|

D|-2-2-2--|

A|-2-2-2--|

E|-0-0-0--|

[Intro]

Em C Am

(x2)

[Verse]

the blackest storm i ever saw

C Am

was coming in from omaha

and the latest news from tokyo was

C Am

a lot of ugly numbers

i was checkin' pay phones for forgotten coins

C Am

as the clouds came over west des moines

got into the house got the curtains drawn

C Am

got into the the shower with all my clothes on

[Chorus]

Em G D

hey! hey! let the water come down!

Em G D

hey! hey! let the water come down!

Em C Am

(x2)

[Verse]

by noon it was clear that winter'd come

C Am

and i just let the water run

and i got soap suds in my eyes

C Am

and it stung like iodine

the phone started ringing like a fire alarm

C Am

and the voice on the machine was brutally calm

new numbers coming down the wire

C Am

got into the shower with my eyes on fire

[Chorus]

hey! hey! let it fall on me,

G D

let it all come down relentlessly!

you swore that you would stick around

G D

when days like this started coming down!

Em G D

break out the crystal!

Em G D

get out the good champagne!

Em G D

we're going down

Em G D

in flames.

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