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

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate


Intro:
DmDm DmMaj7 G+G C majorC B/C DmDm

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

C majorC                      DmDm
Feral cats out by the trashcans
         C majorC                         A minorAm
To the true believer everything's a sign
                                G+G
Scrape the pigments from the baseboards
Asus4Asus4     A augmentedA           DmDm
In the shadow of the western hills
DmDm                         Bb majorBb   A augmentedA
And paint my vision on my body
A augmentedA                            DmDm
In the shadow of the western hills


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

G+G                    DmDm
Call up Rebecca maybe try to explain
G+G
But she hangs up while I'm still talking
      Asus4Asus4           A augmentedA
I walk out into the rain

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

C majorC                                 DmDm
Wait for the wolves to keep their promise
C majorC                                  A augmentedA
Listen for their footfalls on the snow
                                  G+G      Asus4Asus4
I can't hear things clearly to be honest
A augmentedA                                DmDm
In the shadow of the western hills
BB                                  A augmentedA
He gets most healed that waits the longest
                                  DmDm
In the shadow of the western hills


Outro:
DmDm DmMaj7 G+G C majorC B/C DmDm x2