Exegetic Chains chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse 1:
A augmentedA
Look closely at the shadows
                C# minorC#m D MajorD
On the ground beneath the trees
         A augmentedA
The labors of Hercules


Wild grasses on the hills
          C# minorC#m D MajorD
Rippling in the wind
      A augmentedA
Sibley unchained

Pre-Chorus:
  E MajorE
The songs you sing at Christmas time
  D MajorD
The stories that you tell
           F# minorF#m
Well I knew them well
  D MajorD        F# minorF#m
Yes I knew them well


Chorus:
  E MajorE
Say your prayers to whomever
    D MajorD
You call out to in the night
     F# minorF#m
Keep the chains tight
E MajorE
Make it through this year
   D MajorD         A augmentedA
If it kills you outright


Verse 2:
A augmentedA
The coins they toss at dancers
              C# minorC#m D MajorD
Whirling in the city square
A augmentedA
Music on the air

The places where we met to share
             C# minorC#m D MajorD
Our secrets now and then
     A augmentedA
We will see them again

E MajorE
Change will come
   D MajorD
Stay warm inside the ripple
D MajorD
Of the panasonic hum

It grinds
    F# minorF#m
And it roars
D MajorD
Headed somewhere better

If I have to crawl there on all fours


Chorus:
  E MajorE
Say your prayers to whomever
    D MajorD
You call out to in the night
     F# minorF#m
Keep the chains tight
E MajorE
Make it through this year
   D MajorD
If it kills us outright

A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD x2