Minnesota chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

G+G                  E minorEm
  seeds came in the mail today from holland
     D*               C majorC
and the language on the package was wonderful and strange
G+G             E minorEm
all sorts of flowers that grow up from the earth
  D*           C majorC
   in goodly colors gloriously arranged

C majorC              D MajorD
i circled the house and i scattered them around
    G+G            C majorC
let the water sink down into the soil
A minorAm              D MajorD
  stared a long time at the residue
G+G         C majorC
  blood, milk and oil
A minorAm              D MajorD
god the humidity is something
G+G         C majorC
our shirts are soaked clean through
A minorAm              D MajorD
the house is throbbing and the heat keeps coming
G+G         C majorC
and i keep looking at you

G+G  E minorEm  DsusDsus  C majorC

G+G               E minorEm
  and then you're singing in dutch to me
     D*            C majorC
      and i recognize the song
G+G           E minorEm
  it seems so old and so fragile
D*               C majorC
  and i haven't heard it in so long
A minorAm                 D MajorD
  we may throw the windows open later
      G+G           C majorC
but we are not as far west as you suppose we are
A minorAm            D MajorD
hot wind coming off the water
G+G            C majorC
the sky gone crazy with stars
A minorAm           D MajorD
while we stay here we imagine we're alive
G+G           C majorC
we see shadows on the walls
A minorAm                    D MajorD
there's something waiting for us in the hot, wet air
G+G         C majorC
sweat, water and alcohol


     G+G
just the old blood
D*
rising up through the wooden floor again
G+G
just the old love
C majorC
asking for more again

G+G E minorEm D* C majorC (x2)