Family Happiness chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

Heavy strumming on top, pursue with power great gusto and passion!

E MajorE        022100
G6G6       320000
Em11/F#  200000
C majorC        x32010
BB  x20010
A augmentedA  x00010
D MajorD        x00232
A#A#       x1333x
A augmentedA        x02220

Here is the E MajorE riff. It's marked in the tab as "E*"
e--0--3--2--0--2--0--0
B--0--0--0--0--0--0--0
G--1--1--1--1--1--1--0
D--2--2--2--2--2--2--0
A--2--2--2--2--2--2--0
E--0--0--0--0--0--0--0


Intro:
E MajorE
E MajorE

E MajorE
as we cruised across the Canadian border
                                            E MajorE
you reached into your handbag, pulled out a micro-cassette recorder,

started quoting Tolstoy into the machine,
     E MajorE
i had no idea what you meant.

i guess i'm supposed to figure these things out,
   E MajorE
or maybe it's supposed to be self-evident.
              BB
but i've gone feral,
    E*
and i don't speak the language anymore.
E MajorE
we're headed deep into the forest,

i've got the pedal to the floor.
                           D MajorD
the engine shudders, like a dying man, when you reach out to grab my hand,
A augmentedA
you can bring out all your weapons,
                        E MajorE
you can't make me go to war.

E*
E MajorE
E MajorE

E*
long winding Canadian highways, innumerable evergreens.
E MajorE
weather forecast on the AM radio
           E MajorE
says we'll be expecting highs in the low teens
                                     G6G6
when i mouth my silent curses at you,
Em11/E
i can see my breath.
                                             G6G6
i hope the stars don't even come out tonight.
      Em11/E
i hope we both freeze to death.
E*
look at the person i've turned into, tell me, how do you like him now?
E*
no standards of any kind to break, no creeds to disavow
D MajorD
i am right here where you want me
D MajorD
do what you brought me out here for.
        A augmentedA
you can arm me to the teeth.
(muted strumming)       E MajorE
you can't make me go to war.

E*
E MajorE
E*
E MajorE
E*
E MajorE

End with string breaking power!