Fall Of The Star High School Running Back chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

Mountain Goats - The Fall of the Star High School Running Back.

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      D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  G+G
Sophomore year,
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you rushed for an average of eight and a third yards per carry.
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 All eyes were on you.
    D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  G+G
Junior year,
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you blew your knee out at an out of town game.
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  Nowhere to go to but down, down, down.
D MajorD                G+G
Nothing but the ground left for you to fall to.

D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A* D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G A* D MajorD D D MajorD

   D MajorD  A augmentedA  G+G  G+G
by July,
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you'd made a whole bunch of brand new friends,
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people you used to look down on.
          D MajorD  A augmentedA      G+G     G+G
And you'd figured out  a way to make real money --
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givin' ends to your friends, and it felt stupendous.
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 chrome spokes on your Japanese bike,
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but selling acid was a bad idea,
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and selling it to a cop was a worse one.
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And the new law said that seventeen year olds could do federal time.
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 you were the first one, so I sing this song for you,
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 William Stanaforth Donahue,
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your grandfather rode the boat over from Ireland,
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but you made a bad decision or two.
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yeah.