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You Or Your Memory by The Mountain Goats
EI checked into a bargain priC#mced room on la sienaga,
F#mgazed out through the curtains of the pAarking loEt.
walked down to the corner store just before C#mnightfall in my bare feet.
F#mblack tarry asphaltA, soft and hEot.
and when I cAame back I spread out my supplEies.
on the cDounter by the sink,
I looked mysBelf right in the eyes
st. joseph's baby aEspirin,A
bartles and jBames,
and yEou or your mAemory.B E
I ducked behind the dErapes when I saw the moon beC#mgin to rise,
F#mgathered in my loose ends Aswitched off the lighEt.
and down there in the dark I can see the real trC#muth about me.
as F#mclear as day, Alord if I make it through tonEight
then I will Amend my Eways and wDalk the straight path to the Bend of my days.
st. joseph's baby aEspirin,A
bartles and jBames,
E A B E A B E A B E A B E A BE.
and you or your memory.
Broom People by The Mountain Goats
E- C#m- A- B- E
E36 Hudson C#min the garage
AAll sorts of junk in the Eunattached spare room
EDishes in the C#mkitchen sink
ANew straw for the Bold broom
AFriends who don't have a Eclue
AWell-meaning Eteachers
ABut down in your C#marms, in your arms,A B
I am a wild EcreatureA
E A
EFloor two foot high with newsC#mpapers
AWhite carpet thick with pet Ehair
EHalf-eaten gallons of C#mice cream in the freezer
AFresh fuel for the Bsodium flares
AI write down good reasons to Efreeze to death
AIn my spiral ring Enotebook
ABut in the long C#mtresses of your hairA B
I am a babbling EbrookA
E A(x3)
A
This Year by The Mountain Goats Capo 2
GI broke free on a SatuDrday morning
I put the Cpedal to the Gfloor
HeadGed north on Mills ADvenue
And listened Cto the engine Groar
G Bm Cadd9 G
G D C G
My Gbroken house behind me and Dgood things ahead
A girl named CCathy wants a little of my Gtime
Six Gcylinders underneath the Dhood crashing and kicking
CAhah, listen to the engine Gwhine
I am going to Gmake it through this Dyear
If it Ckills meG
I am going to Gmake it through this Dyear
If it Ckills meG
G Bm Cadd9 G
G D C G
I played Gvideo games in a Ddrunken haze
I was C17 years Gyoung
Hurt my Gknuckles punching the maDchines
The taste of Cscotch rich on my Gtongue
G Bm Cadd9 G
G D C G
And then GCathy showed up and we Dhung out
Trading Cswigs from a bottle, all Gbitter and clean
Locking Geyes, holding Dhands
Twin high Cmaintenance maGchines
I am going to Gmake it through this Dyear
If it Ckills meG
I am going to Gmake it through this Dyear
If it Ckills meG
EmI drove home in the California Gdusk
EmI could feel the alcohol inGside of me hum
Pictured the Emlook on my stepfather's Gface
CReady for the bad things to Dcome
I down-Gshifted as I pulled into the Ddriveway
The Cmotor screaming out, stuck in Gsecond gear
The scene ends Gbadly, as you might imDagine
In a Ccavalcade of anger and Gfear
There will be Gfeasting and Ddancing in CJerusalem next Dyear
I am going to Gmake it through this Dyear
If it Ckills meG
I am going to Gmake it through this Dyear
If it Ckills meG
G Bm Cadd9 G G D C G
Dilaudid by The Mountain Goats
Em Em C Dx3
Em(pause)
EmThe reception's gotten CfuzzyD
EmThe delicate balance hCas shiftedD
CPut on your gloves and your Emblack pumps
CLet's pretend the fog has Blifted
EmNow you Csee meD
EmNow you Cdon'tD
CNow you say you Emlove me
CPretty soon you Bwon't
If we Emget our full three score and Cten
AWe won't pass this way aBgain
So kiss me with your mouth EmopenD
CTurn the tires toward the Bstreet
And stay Emsweet
Em Em C Dx3 Em(pause)
EmAll the chickens come on Chome to roosDt
EmPlump bodies blotting out the CskyD
CYou know it breaks my heart in Emhalf, in half
CWhen I see them trying to Bfly
'Cause you just can't EmdoC D
EmThings your body wasn't Cmeant toD
CHike up your Emfishnets
CI know Byou
If we Emlive to see the other side of Cthis
AI will remember your Bkiss
So do it with your mouth EmopenD
CAnd take your foot off of the Bbrake
For Christ's Emsake
Em Em C Dx3
Em
Dance Music by The Mountain Goats
G Em(x3) C D
alright i'm on Gjohnson avenue Cin san luDis obispoG
and i'm Gfive years Cold or six mayDbe.G
and indiGcations that there's Csomething wrong with Dour new Ghouse,
Ctrip down the Dwire twice daily.
i'm in the Gliving Croom watching the Dwatergate Ghearings,
while my Gstepfather Cyells at my mDotherG
launches a gGlass across the Croom, Dstraight at her Ghead.
and i Cdash upstairs to take Dcover,
lean in Cclose to my little record player Gon the floor,
Cso this is what the voluDme knob's for,
i listen to G Cdance Dmusic.G
G Cdance Dmusic.G
G Em(x3) C D
okay so look i'm Gseventeen Cyears DoldG
you're the Glast best Cthing i got DgoingG
but then the Gspecial secret Csickness
starts to Deat through Gyou
what am i Csupposed to do? Dno way of knowing
so i Gfollow you Cdown your twiDsting alleywaysG
find a Gfew cul-de-Csacs of my DownG
there's only Gone place Cthis road Dever ends Gup
and Ci don't wanna die Dalone
let me down, let me Cdown, let me down Ggently
Cwhen the police come to Dget me
i listen to G Cdance Dmusic.G
G Cdance Dmusic.G
[Outro]
G C D G(x4)
Dinu Lipatti’s Bones by The Mountain Goats
B Eb E B
Bwe stank of hair dye and aEbmmonia.
Ewe sealed ourselves away from Bview.
Byou were looking at the voEbid and sat unblinking/(seldom blinking?).
E B E F# (x 9 11 11 11 9) E
the best that I could do was to train my eyes on you.
Ewe scaled the hidden hills beBneath the surface,
Escraped our fingers blBoody on the stones.
Eand built our little hBouse that we coEbuld live iEn
Eout of Dinu Lipatti's bBones.
Bwe kept our friends at bay Eball summer long.
Etreated the days as if they'd Bkill us if they could.
Bringing out the hours like blood Ebdrenched bed sheets
Eto keep winter time at Bbay but DeEcember showed up aF#nyway.
Ethere was no money it was Bmoney that you wanted.
EI went downtown, sold off Bmost of what I owned.
Eand we raised a tower to Bbroadcast all our Ebdark dreamsE
Efrom Dinu Lipatti's Bbones.
Up the Wolves by The Mountain Goats
D G A
D G A
D
DThere's bound to be a ghost at the back of your G2closetA
G2No Amatter where you Dlive
There'll Dalways be a few things, maybe seEmveral things
That you're G2gonna find really Adifficult to forDgive
D G A G A D
DThere's gonna come a day when you'll feel G2betterA
You'll G2rise up free and Aeasy on that Dday
And Dfloat from branch to branch, Emlighter than the air
Just G2when that day is coming, who can A2say, who can Asay
Our Dmother has been G2absent
Ever Dsince we founded G2Rome
But there's Dgonna be a Aparty when the wolf comes Dhome
D G A G A D
DWe're gonna commandeer the local G2airwavesA
To G2tell the neighbors Awhat's been going onD
And Dthey will shake their heads, and Emwag their bony fingers
In G2all the wrong directions and by A2daybreak we'll be Agone
D G A G A D
I'm Dgonna get myself in fighting G2trimA
G2Scope out every Aangle of unfair adDvantage
DI'm gonna bribe the officials, EmI'm gonna kill all the judges
G2It's gonna take you people years to reA2cover from all of the Adamage
Our Dmother has been G2absent
Ever Dsince we founded G2Rome
But there's Dgonna be a Aparty when the wolf comes Dhome
OhG2 A D G2 A D G2 A D
Lion’s Teeth by The Mountain Goats
Em G C Em
Em G D C B
EmThe king of the Gjungle
CWas asleep in his Emcar
EmWhen your chances fall in Gyour lap like that
You've Dgotta recognize them for Cwhat they really Bare
EmNobody in Gthis house
CWants to own up to the Emtruth
EmI crawl in shotgun and Greach into his mouth
DAnd grab hold of one Clong sharp Btooth
And hold EmonA Em
For dear Blife
I hold EmonA Em B
EmWell of course he Gwakes up
CHis paw hits the Emhorn
EmI am gonna reGgret
DThe Cday that I was Bborn
And then Emmom rushes out to the Gdriveway
CMy sister Emtoo
EmEveryone's Gscreaming
I Dam Cdreaming of Byou
I hold EmonA Em
For dear Blife
I hold EmonA Em B
CAnd my arms get Emsore
CAnd my palms start to Emsweat
CAnd the tears roll Emdown my face
CTill my cheeks are hot and Bred and soaking wet
EmIn come the Gcops
CThey blowtorch the Emdoors
EmI start Gwailing
DThe lion CroarsB
EmThere's no good way to Gend this
CAnyone can Emsee
EmThere's this great big Gyou
DAnd little old CmeB
And we hold EmonA Em
For dear Blife
We hold EmonA Em
We hold Bon
Em A Em B(x2)
end on Em
Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod Capo 1
A D(x3)
A
AYou are sleeping off your Ddemons
AWhen I come Dhome
ASpittle bubbling on your Elips
AFine white Dfoam
AI am young and I am Dgood
It's a Ahot Southern California Dday
AIf I wake you Eup
AThere will be hell to Dpay
And alone in my Aroom
I am the Dlast of a lost civiliAzation
DAnd I vanish into the Adark
And Drise above my Astation
DRise above my Astation
D A D A E A A
But I Ado wake you up and when I Ddo
You Ablaze down the hall and you Dscream
AI'm in my room with my Eheadphones on
ADeep in a Ddream chamber
And Athen I'm awake and I'm Dguarding my face
AHoping you don't break my Dstereo
Because Ait's the one thing that I Ecouldn't live without
And so I Athink about that
Then I Dsort of black out
Held under these smothering Awaves
By your Dstrong and thick veined Ahand
DBut one of these Adays
I'm gonna Ewriggle off on dry Aland
A D(x3)
A
Magpie by The Mountain Goats
Em G D Emx2
EmFeed the kittens in the Gkitchen
DSet food out for the Emstrays
EmTry hard to do your Gbest
The Dmagpie will have his Emway
Em G D Emx2
EmFill your mouth with Gberries
By the Dfull light of the Emmoon
EmWork all night if you Ghave to
The Dmagpie comes at Emnoon
Em Bm A Emx4
EmShore up the crucGifixes
Above the Darchways and the Emdoors
The Emmagpie will come at Gmidday
And you will Dgo down on all Emfours
Em G D Emx2
EmAnd when the cherry's white with Gblossoms
Be Dready and be Embrave
EmAnd remember what we Ghad here
When there was Dsomething left to Emsave
Em Bm A Emx4
Song for Dennis Brown by The Mountain Goats
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D|---0---------0-------------------0---|
A|---2------0h2------3--2--0--0----2---|
E|---3---3-------------------------3---|
[Intro]
G riff G riff
GOn the day that Dennis Brown's lung collapsed
C D Griff
spring rain was misting down on Kingston
Gand down at the harbour local
C D G(riff)
cops were intercepting an inbound shipment
CanGd for a while there it was chaos
Cas Dthey handcuffed and then roughed up some sailors
Gon the day my lung collapses
C D G(riff)
it's not gonna be much different
GOn the day that Dennis Brown's habits caught up with him
C D G(riff)
school children sang in choirs
Gand out behind the Chinese restaurants
C D G(riff)
guys were jumping into dumpsters
CanGd the stench was overbearing
CbuDt they were past the point of caring
Gon the day my habits catch up with me
C D G(riff)
I'll be down among the jumpers
Em G
Em G
Em G
Em C
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E|----------|
and then D (light on the high notes)
Gand when the birds come home in spring
C D G(riff)
we will fill them full of buckshot
Gand jets of contaminated blood
C D G(riff)
will cloud the rivers and the lakes
Cit Gtook all the coke in town
Cto Dbring down dennis brown
Gon Cthe day my lung collapses
D G(riff)
we'll see just how much it takes
G (riff)
Em G
Em G
Em G
Em C
in here play (much more pronounced this time)
e|----------|
B|----------|
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A|--3-2-0-0-|
E|----------|
and then D (light on the high notes)
G (riff)
Love Love Love by The Mountain Goats
E Asus2 E Asus2
King ESaul fell on his sword when it Asus2all went wrong,
and JEoseph’s brothers sold him down the Briver for a song,
and SEonny Liston rubbed some tiger bAsus2alm into his glove.
some tC#mhings you do for money and soAsus2me you do for love, love, love.E
E Asus2 E Asus2
RasEkolnikov felt sick but he coAsus2uldn't say why
when he sEaw his face reflected in his vBictim's twinkling eye.
some tEhings you'll do for money and sAsus2ome you'll do for fun,
but the C#mthings you do for love are going to cAsus2ome back to you one bBy one.E
E Asus2
Asus2Love, love is going to lead you by the hanEd
Asus2into a white and soundless place.E
Asus2now we see things as iC#mn a mirror dimly.E
Asus2then we shall see each other face Bto face.
and Eway out in Seattle young KAsus2urt Cobain
sEnuck out to the greenhouse, put a Bbullet in his brain.
sEnakes in the grass beneath our feet, Asus2rain in the clouds above,
some mC#moments last forever, but sAsus2ome flare up with love, love, love.E
E Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2
Pale Green Things by The Mountain Goats
C F C F
CGot up before dawn
FWent down to the racetrackC F
CRiding with the windows down
FShortly after your first heart attCack.F
AmYou parked behind the paddCock,
AmCracking asphalt underfooCt,
AmComing up through the cracCks
Pale green thGings, pale green thCingsC F C F
CYou watched the horses run their workouts
FYou held your stopwatch in your left hanCdF
CAnd a Racing Form beneath your arm
FCasting your gaze way out to no man's lCandF
AmSometimes I'll meet you out thereC
AmLonely and frighCtened
AmFlicking my tongue out at the wet lCeaves
Pale green thGings, pale green thCings
C F C F C F C F Am C Am C Am C G C
CMy sister called at 3 AM
FJust last DecemberC F
CShe told me how you'd died at last, at last.
FThat morning at the racetrack was one thiCng that I rememberedF
AmI turned it over in my mindC
AmLike a living Chinese finger trapC
AmSeaweed in Indiana sawgrassC
Pale green thGings, pale green thCings
C F C F C F C F Am C Am C Am C G C
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The Sunset Tree
by The Mountain Goats
Chords in this song · guitar
E
C#m
F#m
A
D
B
G
C
Bm
Cadd9
Em
Eb
F#
G2
A2
Asus2
F
Am
You Or Your Memory by The Mountain Goats
E C#m
I checked into a bargain priced room on la sienaga,
F#m A E
gazed out through the curtains of the parking lot.
C#m
walked down to the corner store just before nightfall in my bare feet.
F#m A E
black tarry asphalt, soft and hot.
A E
and when I came back I spread out my supplies.
D
on the counter by the sink,
B
I looked myself right in the eyes
E A
st. joseph's baby aspirin,
B
bartles and james,
E A B E
and you or your memory.
E C#m
I ducked behind the drapes when I saw the moon begin to rise,
F#m A E
gathered in my loose ends switched off the light.
C#m
and down there in the dark I can see the real truth about me.
F#m A E
as clear as day, lord if I make it through tonight
A E D B
then I will mend my ways and walk the straight path to the end of my days.
E A
st. joseph's baby aspirin,
B
bartles and james,
E A B E A B E A B E A B E A B
E.
and you or your memory.
Broom People by The Mountain Goats
E C#m A B E
- - - -
E C#m
36 Hudson in the garage
A E
All sorts of junk in the unattached spare room
E C#m
Dishes in the kitchen sink
A B
New straw for the old broom
A E
Friends who don't have a clue
A E
Well-meaning teachers
A C#m A B
But down in your arms, in your arms,
E A
I am a wild creature
E A
E C#m
Floor two foot high with newspapers
A E
White carpet thick with pet hair
E C#m
Half-eaten gallons of ice cream in the freezer
A B
Fresh fuel for the sodium flares
A E
I write down good reasons to freeze to death
A E
In my spiral ring notebook
A C#m A B
But in the long tresses of your hair
E A
I am a babbling brook
E A
(x3)
A
This Year by The Mountain Goats Capo 2
G D
I broke free on a Saturday morning
C G
I put the pedal to the floor
G D
Headed north on Mills Avenue
C G
And listened to the engine roar
G Bm Cadd9 G
G D C G
G D
My broken house behind me and good things ahead
C G
A girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
G D
Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking
C G
Ahah, listen to the engine whine
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
G Bm Cadd9 G
G D C G
G D
I played video games in a drunken haze
C G
I was 17 years young
G D
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
C G
The taste of scotch rich on my tongue
G Bm Cadd9 G
G D C G
G D
And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
C G
Trading swigs from a bottle, all bitter and clean
G D
Locking eyes, holding hands
C G
Twin high maintenance machines
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
Em G
I drove home in the California dusk
Em G
I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
Em G
Pictured the look on my stepfather's face
C D
Ready for the bad things to come
G D
I down-shifted as I pulled into the driveway
C G
The motor screaming out, stuck in second gear
G D
The scene ends badly, as you might imagine
C G
In a cavalcade of anger and fear
G D C D
There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
G Bm Cadd9 G G D C G
Dilaudid by The Mountain Goats
Em Em C D
x3
Em
(pause)
Em C D
The reception's gotten fuzzy
Em C D
The delicate balance has shifted
C Em
Put on your gloves and your black pumps
C B
Let's pretend the fog has lifted
Em C D
Now you see me
Em C D
Now you don't
C Em
Now you say you love me
C B
Pretty soon you won't
Em C
If we get our full three score and ten
A B
We won't pass this way again
Em D
So kiss me with your mouth open
C B
Turn the tires toward the street
Em
And stay sweet
Em Em C D Em
x3 (pause)
Em C D
All the chickens come on home to roost
Em C D
Plump bodies blotting out the sky
C Em
You know it breaks my heart in half, in half
C B
When I see them trying to fly
Em C D
'Cause you just can't do
Em C D
Things your body wasn't meant to
C Em
Hike up your fishnets
C B
I know you
Em C
If we live to see the other side of this
A B
I will remember your kiss
Em D
So do it with your mouth open
C B
And take your foot off of the brake
Em
For Christ's sake
Em Em C D
x3
Em
Dance Music by The Mountain Goats
G Em C D
(x3)
G C D G
alright i'm on johnson avenue in san luis obispo
G C D G
and i'm five years old or six maybe.
G C D G
and indications that there's something wrong with our new house,
C D
trip down the wire twice daily.
G C D G
i'm in the living room watching the watergate hearings,
G C D G
while my stepfather yells at my mother
G C D G
launches a glass across the room, straight at her head.
C D
and i dash upstairs to take cover,
C G
lean in close to my little record player on the floor,
C D
so this is what the volume knob's for,
G C D G
i listen to dance music.
G C D G
dance music.
G Em C D
(x3)
G C D G
okay so look i'm seventeen years old
G C D G
you're the last best thing i got going
G C
but then the special secret sickness
D G
starts to eat through you
C D
what am i supposed to do? no way of knowing
G C D G
so i follow you down your twisting alleyways
G C D G
find a few cul-de-sacs of my own
G C D G
there's only one place this road ever ends up
C D
and i don't wanna die alone
C G
let me down, let me down, let me down gently
C D
when the police come to get me
G C D G
i listen to dance music.
G C D G
dance music.
[Outro]
G C D G
(x4)
Dinu Lipatti’s Bones by The Mountain Goats
B Eb E B
B Eb
we stank of hair dye and ammonia.
E B
we sealed ourselves away from view.
B Eb
you were looking at the void and sat unblinking/(seldom blinking?).
E B E F# (x 9 11 11 11 9) E
the best that I could do was to train my eyes on you.
E B
we scaled the hidden hills beneath the surface,
E B
scraped our fingers bloody on the stones.
E B Eb E
and built our little house that we could live in
E B
out of Dinu Lipatti's bones.
B Eb
we kept our friends at bay all summer long.
E B
treated the days as if they'd kill us if they could.
B Eb
ringing out the hours like blood drenched bed sheets
E B E F#
to keep winter time at bay but December showed up anyway.
E B
there was no money it was money that you wanted.
E B
I went downtown, sold off most of what I owned.
E B Eb E
and we raised a tower to broadcast all our dark dreams
E B
from Dinu Lipatti's bones.
Up the Wolves by The Mountain Goats
D G A
D G A
D
D G2 A
There's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet
G2 A D
No matter where you live
D Em
There'll always be a few things, maybe several things
G2 A D
That you're gonna find really difficult to forgive
D G A G A D
D G2 A
There's gonna come a day when you'll feel better
G2 A D
You'll rise up free and easy on that day
D Em
And float from branch to branch, lighter than the air
G2 A2 A
Just when that day is coming, who can say, who can say
D G2
Our mother has been absent
D G2
Ever since we founded Rome
D A D
But there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home
D G A G A D
D G2 A
We're gonna commandeer the local airwaves
G2 A D
To tell the neighbors what's been going on
D Em
And they will shake their heads, and wag their bony fingers
G2 A2 A
In all the wrong directions and by daybreak we'll be gone
D G A G A D
D G2 A
I'm gonna get myself in fighting trim
G2 A D
Scope out every angle of unfair advantage
D Em
I'm gonna bribe the officials, I'm gonna kill all the judges
G2 A2 A
It's gonna take you people years to recover from all of the damage
D G2
Our mother has been absent
D G2
Ever since we founded Rome
D A D
But there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home
G2 A D G2 A D G2 A D
Oh
Lion’s Teeth by The Mountain Goats
Em G C Em
Em G D C B
Em G
The king of the jungle
C Em
Was asleep in his car
Em G
When your chances fall in your lap like that
D C B
You've gotta recognize them for what they really are
Em G
Nobody in this house
C Em
Wants to own up to the truth
Em G
I crawl in shotgun and reach into his mouth
D C B
And grab hold of one long sharp tooth
Em A Em
And hold on
B
For dear life
Em A Em B
I hold on
Em G
Well of course he wakes up
C Em
His paw hits the horn
Em G
I am gonna regret
D C B
The day that I was born
Em G
And then mom rushes out to the driveway
C Em
My sister too
Em G
Everyone's screaming
D C B
I am dreaming of you
Em A Em
I hold on
B
For dear life
Em A Em B
I hold on
C Em
And my arms get sore
C Em
And my palms start to sweat
C Em
And the tears roll down my face
C B
Till my cheeks are hot and red and soaking wet
Em G
In come the cops
C Em
They blowtorch the doors
Em G
I start wailing
D C B
The lion roars
Em G
There's no good way to end this
C Em
Anyone can see
Em G
There's this great big you
D C B
And little old me
Em A Em
And we hold on
B
For dear life
Em A Em
We hold on
B
We hold on
Em A Em B
(x2)
end on Em
Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod Capo 1
A D
(x3)
A
A D
You are sleeping off your demons
A D
When I come home
A E
Spittle bubbling on your lips
A D
Fine white foam
A D
I am young and I am good
A D
It's a hot Southern California day
A E
If I wake you up
A D
There will be hell to pay
A
And alone in my room
D A
I am the last of a lost civilization
D A
And I vanish into the dark
D A
And rise above my station
D A
Rise above my station
D A D A E A A
A D
But I do wake you up and when I do
A D
You blaze down the hall and you scream
A E
I'm in my room with my headphones on
A D
Deep in a dream chamber
A D
And then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face
A D
Hoping you don't break my stereo
A E
Because it's the one thing that I couldn't live without
A
And so I think about that
D
Then I sort of black out
A
Held under these smothering waves
D A
By your strong and thick veined hand
D A
But one of these days
E A
I'm gonna wriggle off on dry land
A D
(x3)
A
Magpie by The Mountain Goats
Em G D Em
x2
Em G
Feed the kittens in the kitchen
D Em
Set food out for the strays
Em G
Try hard to do your best
D Em
The magpie will have his way
Em G D Em
x2
Em G
Fill your mouth with berries
D Em
By the full light of the moon
Em G
Work all night if you have to
D Em
The magpie comes at noon
Em Bm A Em
x4
Em G
Shore up the crucifixes
D Em
Above the archways and the doors
Em G
The magpie will come at midday
D Em
And you will go down on all fours
Em G D Em
x2
Em G
And when the cherry's white with blossoms
D Em
Be ready and be brave
Em G
And remember what we had here
D Em
When there was something left to save
Em Bm A Em
x4
Song for Dennis Brown by The Mountain Goats
e|---3---3-------------------------3---|
B|---3-----------------------------3---|
G|---0-----------------------------0---|
D|---0---------0-------------------0---|
A|---2------0h2------3--2--0--0----2---|
E|---3---3-------------------------3---|
[Intro]
G riff G riff
G
On the day that Dennis Brown's lung collapsed
C D G
riff
spring rain was misting down on Kingston
G
and down at the harbour local
C D G
(riff)
cops were intercepting an inbound shipment
C G
and for a while there it was chaos
C D
as they handcuffed and then roughed up some sailors
G
on the day my lung collapses
C D G
(riff)
it's not gonna be much different
G
On the day that Dennis Brown's habits caught up with him
C D G
(riff)
school children sang in choirs
G
and out behind the Chinese restaurants
C D G
(riff)
guys were jumping into dumpsters
C G
and the stench was overbearing
C D
but they were past the point of caring
G
on the day my habits catch up with me
C D G
(riff)
I'll be down among the jumpers
Em G
Em G
Em G
Em C
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|--------0-|
A|--3-2-0-0-|
E|----------|
and then D (light on the high notes)
G
and when the birds come home in spring
C D G
(riff)
we will fill them full of buckshot
G
and jets of contaminated blood
C D G(riff)
will cloud the rivers and the lakes
C G
it took all the coke in town
C D
to bring down dennis brown
G C
on the day my lung collapses
D G
(riff)
we'll see just how much it takes
G (riff)
Em G
Em G
Em G
Em C
in here play (much more pronounced this time)
e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|--------0-|
A|--3-2-0-0-|
E|----------|
and then D (light on the high notes)
G (riff)
Love Love Love by The Mountain Goats
E Asus2 E Asus2
E Asus2
King Saul fell on his sword when it all went wrong,
E B
and Joseph’s brothers sold him down the river for a song,
E Asus2
and Sonny Liston rubbed some tiger balm into his glove.
C#m Asus2 E
some things you do for money and some you do for love, love, love.
E Asus2 E Asus2
E Asus2
Raskolnikov felt sick but he couldn't say why
E B
when he saw his face reflected in his victim's twinkling eye.
E Asus2
some things you'll do for money and some you'll do for fun,
C#m Asus2 B E
but the things you do for love are going to come back to you one by one.
E Asus2
Asus2 E
Love, love is going to lead you by the hand
Asus2 E
into a white and soundless place.
Asus2 C#m E
now we see things as in a mirror dimly.
Asus2 B
then we shall see each other face to face.
E Asus2
and way out in Seattle young Kurt Cobain
E B
snuck out to the greenhouse, put a bullet in his brain.
E Asus2
snakes in the grass beneath our feet, rain in the clouds above,
C#m Asus2 E
some moments last forever, but some flare up with love, love, love.
E Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2
Pale Green Things by The Mountain Goats
C F C F
C
Got up before dawn
F C F
Went down to the racetrack
C
Riding with the windows down
F C F
Shortly after your first heart attack.
Am C
You parked behind the paddock,
Am C
Cracking asphalt underfoot,
Am C
Coming up through the cracks
G C C F C F
Pale green things, pale green things
C
You watched the horses run their workouts
F C F
You held your stopwatch in your left hand
C
And a Racing Form beneath your arm
F C F
Casting your gaze way out to no man's land
Am C
Sometimes I'll meet you out there
Am C
Lonely and frightened
Am C
Flicking my tongue out at the wet leaves
G C
Pale green things, pale green things
C F C F C F C F Am C Am C Am C G C
C
My sister called at 3 AM
F C F
Just last December
C
She told me how you'd died at last, at last.
F C F
That morning at the racetrack was one thing that I remembered
Am C
I turned it over in my mind
Am C
Like a living Chinese finger trap
Am C
Seaweed in Indiana sawgrass
G C
Pale green things, pale green things
C F C F C F C F Am C Am C Am C G C
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