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No Children chords by The Mountain Goats

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Really great tune by the Mountain Goats called

No Children

I first heard this on one of the greatest jukeboxes in
America, in
Brooklyn, NY.  It's a fun one, and I think it goes a
little something
like this.


Verse 1

Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramG+G
    Chord diagramD MajorD
I hope that our few remaining friends give up.....

  Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramA augmentedA                      Chord diagramG+G
    Chord diagramD MajorD
I hope we come up with a fail-safe plot to .......

Chord diagramD MajorD                                  Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramG+G
              Chord diagramA augmentedA
I hope the fences we mended fall .......

 Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramG+G
    Chord diagramA augmentedA
And I hope we hang on past the last exit, I hope....

    Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramA augmentedA                   Chord diagramG+G
      Chord diagramD MajorD
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
some....

    Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramA augmentedA                     Chord diagramG+G
      Chord diagramA augmentedA
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me......

Chord diagramG+G
again

Chorus

Chord diagramA augmentedA
 in my life

          Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramG+G
I hope I lie and tell everyone.....

                       Chord diagramD MajorD
And I hope you die

                  Chord diagramA augmentedA
I hope we both die

Repeat Verse

Repeat Chorus

simple as pie

best

:) Erin Frederick

[email protected]
_______________________________________________________________

I~Rve made the following changes to the original post.
The version of this song I have is very different from
the version outlined in the original post, both the
key and chord progressions are changed.  Also, there~Rs
a second verse with different lyrics.  The following
work is my own and was not taken from any book or
magazine.

No Children ~V Mountain Goats

INTRO
Chord diagramC# minorC#m	Chord diagramA#mA#m	Chord diagramC# minorC#m	Chord diagramA#mA#m		Chord diagramC#C#	Chord diagramG#G#	Chord diagramC#C#

VERSE 1
Chord diagramC#C#                    Chord diagramG#G#                   Chord diagramF#F#
    Chord diagramG#G#
I hope that our few . . .

Chord diagramC#C#                       Chord diagramG#G#                     Chord diagramF#F#
                  Chord diagramG#G#
I hope we come up . . .

Chord diagramC#C#                   Chord diagramG#G#     Chord diagramC#C#
 Chord diagramG#G#
I hope the fences we mended . . .

    Chord diagramC#C#                         Chord diagramG#G#           Chord diagramC#C#
           Chord diagramG#G#
And I hope we hang on past the last exit . . .

    Chord diagramC#C#                                         Chord diagramA#mA#m

And I hope the junkyard . . .

    Chord diagramF#F#
                Chord diagramG#G#
And I hope the rising black smoke . . .

  Chord diagramF#F#
again

       Chord diagramG#G#
in my life

         Chord diagramC#C#
I hope I lie . . .

          Chord diagramG#G#
I hope we both die

[INTRO]

VERSE 2
Chord diagramC#C#                    Chord diagramG#G#                   Chord diagramF#F#
    Chord diagramG#G#
I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow . . .

Chord diagramC#C#                       Chord diagramG#G#                     Chord diagramF#F#
                  Chord diagramG#G#
Our friends say it~Rs darkest before the sun rises . .
.

Chord diagramC#C#                   Chord diagramG#G#     Chord diagramC#C#
 Chord diagramG#G#
I hope it stays dark forever . . .

    Chord diagramC#C#                         Chord diagramG#G#           Chord diagramC#C#
           Chord diagramG#G#
And I hope you blink before I do . . .

    Chord diagramC#C#                                         Chord diagramA#mA#m

And I hope when you think of me years down the line .
..

    Chord diagramF#F#
                Chord diagramG#G#
And I hope that if I found the strength to walk out .
. .

     Chord diagramF#F#
I am drowning

                    Chord diagramG#G#
There is no sign of land

         Chord diagramC#C#
You are coming down with me . . .

          Chord diagramG#G#
I hope we both die


-Dave Beedy

[email protected]


dave

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