From T G And Y chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
D MajorD DMaj9Dmaj9 D6/9 G+G
E minorEm  D MajorD A7sus4* A augmentedA

Verse:
 D MajorD         DMaj9Dmaj9  D6/9        G+G
 Out behind the safeway  just before the flood
 E minorEm            D MajorD
 Huffed some cans of spray paint
     A7sus4*      A augmentedA
 And began to vomit blood.
 G+G           D MajorD
 One more night in this town's
    B minorBm         G+G
 Gonna break me I just know
G+G           D MajorD       A augmentedA           D MajorD
 Hang on to your dreams 'til someone makes you let them go.

Verse:
D MajorD            DMaj9Dmaj9
Stumbled on down indian hill,
D6/9       G+G
Tail between my legs
E minorEm        D MajorD
Sick taste in my mouth
     C majorC            A augmentedA
Folger's Crystals and hard boiled eggs
 G+G           D MajorD
If I can't run away tonight
    B minorBm        G+G
I don't know what I'll do
G+G        D MajorD         A augmentedA         D MajorD
Hang on to your dreams 'til someone beats them out of you


Chorus:
E7E7    A7A7    D MajorD  G+G
  Do what you have to do
E7E7   A7A7        D MajorD
  Go where you have to go
F# minorF#m           G+G              A augmentedA
 When the time comes to loosen up your grip, you'll know


Verse:
D MajorD            DMaj9Dmaj9
 Called my friend in New York
D6/9         G+G
 Three thousand miles away
 E minorEm        D MajorD         C majorC         A augmentedA
 Halfway through her metamorphosis, nothing I could say
 G+G           D MajorD      B minorBm        G+G
 Poured my small resentments like rare and priceless gems
G+G        D MajorD         A augmentedA         D MajorD
 Hang on to your dreams until there's nothing left of them
 D MajorD         DMaj9Dmaj9  D6/9        G+G
 Out behind the safeway  just before the flood
 E minorEm            D MajorD
 Huffed some cans of spray paint
     A7sus4*      A augmentedA
 And began to vomit blood.

Chorus:
 G+G           D MajorD
 One more night in this town's
    B minorBm         G+G
 Gonna break me I just know
G+G           D MajorD       A augmentedA           D MajorD
 Hang on to your dreams 'til someone makes you let them go.


Verse:
D MajorD            DMaj9Dmaj9
Stumbled on down indian hill,
D6/9       G+G
Tail between my legs
 E minorEm       D MajorD
Sick taste in my mouth
     C majorC            A augmentedA
Folger's Crystals and hard boiled eggs
 G+G           D MajorD
If I can't run away tonight
 B minorBm        G+G
I don't know what I'll do
G+G        D MajorD         A augmentedA         D MajorD
Hang on to your dreams 'til someone beats them out of you


Chorus:
E7E7    A7A7    D MajorD  G+G
  Do what you have to do
E7E7   A7A7        D MajorD
  Go where you have to go
F# minorF#m           G+G              A augmentedA
 When the time comes to loosen up your grip, you'll know


Verse:
D MajorD            DMaj9Dmaj9
 Called my friend in New York
D6/9         G+G
 Three thousand miles away
 E minorEm        D MajorD         C majorC         A augmentedA
 Halfway through her metamorphosis, nothing I could say
 G+G           D MajorD      B minorBm        G+G
 Poured my small resentments like rare and priceless gems
G+G        D MajorD         A augmentedA         D MajorD
 Hang on to your dreams until there's nothing left of them