Exegetic Chains chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


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