Night Light chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Night Light, by The Mountain Goats, from the album Transcendental Youth.
Not too sure about the A/BA/B chords in the instrumental parts, but it's the best I can get
from the key (Dmaj/Bmin) and the one live video of John Darnielle performing this that
I found.

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Standard tuning, no capo.

B minorBm  -  x24432
E minorEm  -  022000
A augmentedA   -  x02220
G+G   -  320033
D MajorD   -  x00232
A/BA/B -  x2222x (can be played as an A augmentedA because it's easier, but I think A/BA/B is technically correct).

B minorBm
Pull my mask so tight
E minorEm
  Till it pinches my skin.
G+G                  B minorBm
  Nerves strung so high:
G+G                 A augmentedA
  I A minorAm A augmentedA mandolin.


B minorBm
 Jenny calls from Montana,
G+G
 She's only passing through.
D MajorD
 Probably never see her again, in this life, I guess,
A augmentedA
 Not sure what I'm gonna do.

       G+G
Plug a night light in;
          B minorBm
Leave the porch light on.
            G+G
Because the small dark corners
        B minorBm
Have designs on me.
              A augmentedA
Live like an outlaw,
               G+G
Clutching gold coins in his claw.


B minorBm A/BA/B G+G B minorBm


B minorBm
Room full of ambitious young policemen,
E minorEm
Everybody trying to make his mark.
        G+G                       D MajorD
I was a red dot blinking on the screen up overhead;
G+G                          A augmentedA
   And then the room went dark.


B minorBm
Dream of maybe waking up someday
    G+G
And wanting you less than I do.
D MajorD
    This is a dream, though:
A augmentedA
    It's never gonna come true.


       G+G
Plug a night light in;
          B minorBm
Leave the porch light on.
            G+G
Because the small dark corners
                   B minorBm
Are establishing a colony.
             A augmentedA
Live like an outlaw,
               G+G
Clutching gold coins in his claw.


B minorBm A/BA/B G+G B minorBm A/BA/B G+G G+G


B minorBm
  Can't ever set aside the sweetness
       E minorEm
Of the days before the crews put up the border.
G+G                 B minorBm
   Fields full of wet rain
G+G                                    A augmentedA
  Cling tight to their memory forever.


B minorBm
Think about Montana when I close my eyes;
G+G
  Possibly Jenny's headed east.
D MajorD
  Count a couple of stray hopes out loud;
A augmentedA
  May their numbers one day be increased.


       G+G
Plug a night light in;
          B minorBm
Leave the porch light on.
            G+G
Because the small dark corners
                   B minorBm
Breathe like heavy animals.
              A augmentedA
Live like an outlaw,
               G+G
Clutching gold coins in his claw.

THE END!