Chords with lyrics
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
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G+G
D MajorD
I hope that our few remaining friends give up.....
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G+G
D MajorD
I hope we come up with a fail-safe plot to .......
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G+G
A augmentedA
I hope the fences we mended fall .......
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G+G
A augmentedA
And I hope we hang on past the last exit, I hope....
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G+G
D MajorD
And I hope the junkyard a few blocks from here
some....
D MajorD
A augmentedA
G+G
A augmentedA
And I hope the rising black smoke carries me......
G+G
again
Chorus
A augmentedA
in my life
D MajorD
G+G
I hope I lie and tell everyone.....
D MajorD
And I hope you die
A augmentedA
I hope we both die
Repeat Verse
Repeat Chorus
simple as pie
best
:) Erin Frederick
[email protected]
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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
C# minorC#m
A#mA#m
C# minorC#m
A#mA#m
C#C#
G#G#
C#C#
VERSE 1
C#C#
G#G#
F#F#
G#G#
I hope that our few . . .
C#C#
G#G#
F#F#
G#G#
I hope we come up . . .
C#C#
G#G#
C#C#
G#G#
I hope the fences we mended . . .
C#C#
G#G#
C#C#
G#G#
And I hope we hang on past the last exit . . .
C#C#
A#mA#m
And I hope the junkyard . . .
F#F#
G#G#
And I hope the rising black smoke . . .
F#F#
again
G#G#
in my life
C#C#
I hope I lie . . .
G#G#
I hope we both die
[INTRO]
VERSE 2
C#C#
G#G#
F#F#
G#G#
I hope I cut myself shaving tomorrow . . .
C#C#
G#G#
F#F#
G#G#
Our friends say it~Rs darkest before the sun rises . .
.
C#C#
G#G#
C#C#
G#G#
I hope it stays dark forever . . .
C#C#
G#G#
C#C#
G#G#
And I hope you blink before I do . . .
C#C#
A#mA#m
And I hope when you think of me years down the line .
..
F#F#
G#G#
And I hope that if I found the strength to walk out .
. .
F#F#
I am drowning
G#G#
There is no sign of land
C#C#
You are coming down with me . . .
G#G#
I hope we both die
-Dave Beedy
[email protected]
dave