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 MajorG
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!