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The Young Thousands

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[Intro]
A
[Verse]
ABoats ease into the Fharbor bearing Bmreal suspicious Dcargo
And the Asunlight on the C#mwater sets a Bmswitch off in your Dbrain
AThe things that you've got Fcoming will consuBmme youD  
There's Asomeone waiting C#mout there in an Bmalley with a Dchain
A  F    Bm  D
A  C#m  Bm  D
The Aghosts that haunt your Fbuilding are Bmprepared to take on Dsubstance
And the Adull pain that you C#mlive with isn't Bmgetting any Dduller
There's a Acloset full of Falmost-pristine BmvideoDtape
ADocumenting C#msordid little Bmscenes in living Dcolor
[Chorus]
Here they comeA  A7  D/F#  
The young BmthousandsD  
Here they comeA  A7  D/F#  
The young BmthousandsD  
A  F    Bm  D
A  C#m  Bm  D
[Verse]
You Adrive east from the Focean with both Bmhands tied on the Dwheel
And you Ago past Garden C#mGrove as the Bmpleasure index Drises
The Athings that you've got Fcoming will do Bmthings that you're afDraid to
There is Asomeone waiting C#mout there with a Bmmouthful of Dsurprises
A  F    Bm  D
A  C#m  Bm  D
The Aghosts that haunt your Fbuilding have been Bmlearning how to Dbreathe
They Ascan the hallways C#mnightly vainly Bmsearching for a Dsign
There Amust be diamonds Fsomewhere in a Bmplace that stinks this Dbad
There are Abrighter things than dC#miamonds Bmcoming down the Dline
[Chorus]
Here they comeA  A7  D/F#  
The young BmthousandsD  
Here they comeA  A7  D/F#  
The young BmthousandsD  
[Outro]
  A      F    Bm    D    A    C#m    Bm   DX4

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The Young Thousands

by The Mountain Goats

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m

D/F#

[Intro]

[Verse]

A F Bm D

Boats ease into the harbor bearing real suspicious cargo

A C#m Bm D

And the sunlight on the water sets a switch off in your brain

A F Bm D

The things that you've got coming will consume you

A C#m Bm D

There's someone waiting out there in an alley with a chain

A F Bm D

A C#m Bm D

A F Bm D

The ghosts that haunt your building are prepared to take on substance

A C#m Bm D

And the dull pain that you live with isn't getting any duller

A F Bm D

There's a closet full of almost-pristine videotape

A C#m Bm D

Documenting sordid little scenes in living color

[Chorus]

A A7 D/F#

Here they come

Bm D

The young thousands

A A7 D/F#

Here they come

Bm D

The young thousands

A F Bm D

A C#m Bm D

[Verse]

A F Bm D

You drive east from the ocean with both hands tied on the wheel

A C#m Bm D

And you go past Garden Grove as the pleasure index rises

A F Bm D

The things that you've got coming will do things that you're afraid to

A C#m Bm D

There is someone waiting out there with a mouthful of surprises

A F Bm D

A C#m Bm D

A F Bm D

The ghosts that haunt your building have been learning how to breathe

A C#m Bm D

They scan the hallways nightly vainly searching for a sign

A F Bm D

There must be diamonds somewhere in a place that stinks this bad

A C#m Bm D

There are brighter things than diamonds coming down the line

[Chorus]

A A7 D/F#

Here they come

Bm D

The young thousands

A A7 D/F#

Here they come

Bm D

The young thousands

[Outro]

A F Bm D A C#m Bm D

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