Alibi chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

Alibi

Mountain Goats

Intro:

E MajorE A minorAm BB (x2)

Verse 1:
E MajorE             C# minorC#m
I got off work just past 11 laid one finger to the breeze
A augmentedA               F# minorF#m       BB
You can almost taste the action on nights like these
E MajorE               C# minorC#m
Trees were bending in the wind you were 40 miles away

A augmentedA                F# minorF#m         BB
And I was headed your direction I’d been waiting all day I’d been waiting all
E MajorE
day

E MajorE A minorAm BB (x2)

Verse 2:

E MajorE          C# minorC#m
Moon over West Covina was huge and white
A augmentedA                  F# minorF#m      BB
And I was like a patient on a table headed for the light
E MajorE                C# minorC#m
Leaned toward the center divider feel the wind in my hair
A augmentedA               F# minorF#m        BB
Keep a light up in your window I'm gonna be right there, I'm gonna be right
E MajorE
there

Chorus:
E MajorE   A minorAm
With a gleam in my eye
  E MajorE  C# minorC#m   A augmentedA   BB
and an almost airtight  alibi
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB
E MajorE

Verse 3:
E MajorE               C# minorC#m
Down by the chemistry building I found a quiet place to park
A augmentedA                          F# minorF#m           BB
And I made my way down the street toward your place stepping lightly in the dark
E MajorE                      C# minorC#m
Climbed up the steps to your doorway like a man prepared to jump beneath a train
A augmentedA               F# minorF#m        BB            E MajorE
Its real warm outside tonight maybe tomorrow it rains maybe tomorrow it rains

E MajorE A minorAm BB (2X)

Verse 4:
E MajorE                  C# minorC#m
Inside your room we shut the window and we turned on a fan
A augmentedA                     F# minorF#m          BB
And we lay there together in the darkness I can keep a secret If you can
E MajorE                    C# minorC#m
Finishing one another's sentences like a pair of identical twins
A augmentedA
Your boyfriend's out of town until Tuesday
F# minorF#m      BB               E MajorE
And nobody saw me come in, nobody saw me come in

Chorus:
E MajorE   A minorAm
With a gleam in my eye
  E MajorE  C# minorC#m   A augmentedA   BB
and an almost airtight  alibi

Outro:
E MajorE C# minorC#m A augmentedA BB
E MajorE

E MajorE A minorAm BB (x4)