Carmen Cicero chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E MajorE

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
E MajorE

Verse 1:
E MajorE
There's power in the name

But the name's been lost for centuries

There's poison in the water

But the water tastes like honey
       A augmentedA               C# minorC#m
And we're so thirsty we don't care where we wake up tomorrow
      A augmentedA          BB        E MajorE
We don't care, the question can hardly hold our attention

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And this is a song for your young men to sing when they run out of options
A augmentedA        BB     E MajorE
Yeah, when they run out of options


Verse 2:
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There's the faith you can give or withhold

And then there's the one true faith

There's the revolution you came for

And the one you're eventually going to get
        A augmentedA                  C# minorC#m
And there's a road that starts right here and leads clear up to Saskatchewan
    A augmentedA       BB      E MajorE
And I brought a full tank and a '67 Mustang


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And this is a song for your young women to whistle
       E MajorE     A augmentedA      BB    E MajorE
While they're driving at high speeds down the highway

Verse 3:
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There's wind up in the trees

There's a song on the wind

There's a message in the song

But the message is hopelessly complicated
    A augmentedA
And the words are written on water
     C# minorC#m
And they disappear before you write them down
  A augmentedA  BB      E MajorE
But I, I brought the Polaroid


E MajorE
And this the song
  C# minorC#m
And everybody's got sing along
             A augmentedA
But it hasn't got a chorus
   BB    E MajorE
God damn it all


Outro:
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
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Hey hey-------------la la la la