In The Shadow Of The Western Hills chords by The Mountain Goats

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Dm DmMaj7 G C B/C Dm


Verse 1:
 Dm             DmMaj7           G
Spread out the old maps on the floor
  C        B/C          Dm
Plot the course of the infection
  Dm          DmMaj7           G
Trace from its beginnings to the present
C        B/C                              Dm
Is there no one here who's making this connection?

C                      Dm
Feral cats out by the trashcans
         C                         Am
To the true believer everything's a sign
                                G
Scrape the pigments from the baseboards
Asus4     A           Dm
In the shadow of the western hills
Dm                         Bb   A
And paint my vision on my body
A                            Dm
In the shadow of the western hills


Verse 2:
Dm             DmMaj7           G
Bleak rose-petal sky in two dimensions
C                   B/C                    Dm
Black tree line a blade that cuts across it all
Dm            DmMaj7                  G
Can't seem to sleep or find my appetite
C          B/C                  Dm
Since I got home from the hospital

G                    Dm
Call up Rebecca maybe try to explain
G
But she hangs up while I'm still talking
      Asus4           A
I walk out into the rain

Dm           DmMaj7            G
Wander from the alley to the darkness
C        B/C          Dm
Sink down completely leave no trace
Dm            DmMaj7            G
Trapped beneath the surface of the ice again
C                 B/C                Dm
Lie still with the moonlight on my face

C                                 Dm
Wait for the wolves to keep their promise
C                                  A
Listen for their footfalls on the snow
                                  G      Asus4
I can't hear things clearly to be honest
A                                Dm
In the shadow of the western hills
B                                  A
He gets most healed that waits the longest
                                  Dm
In the shadow of the western hills


Outro:
Dm DmMaj7 G C B/C Dm x2