Chords with lyrics
Difficulty: Novice Night Light, by The Mountain Goats, from the album Transcendental Youth. Not too sure about theA/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. ------------------- 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!
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Night Light' by The Mountain Goats, an indie rock band formed in 1991 from Claremont,California,USA