Pez Dorado chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
CMaj9Cmaj9


Verse 1:
G+G       D MajorD    C majorC
Echoes from a nursery rhyme
G+G          A minorAm    E minorEm
Hide in plain sight all this time
C majorC                   C/BC/B G+G
Here you come splashing in your summer clothes
       D MajorD     C majorC   G+G
You and your pale pink toes
G+G          D MajorD   C majorC
Just there where the shadow falls
G+G        A minorAm   E minorEm
There we follow one and all
C majorC             C/BC/B G+G
Can't resist the creeping dark
     D MajorD    C majorC
Ready to make our mark

Chorus:
CMaj9Cmaj9   G+G        D MajorD       C majorC
Little red fish beneath the surface of the water
G+G      FF       C majorC      G+G
Testing the break point in case we get lucky


Verse 2:
G+G        D MajorD    C majorC
Ancient blood is patient blood
G+G       A minorAm    E minorEm
We were here before the flood
C majorC           C/BC/B  G+G
Waking for our time to shine
      D MajorD   C majorC   G+G
Sparks in a silver mine
G+G           D MajorD    C majorC
Shorebirds deal death all day long
G+G        A minorAm    E minorEm
We are weak but they are strong
C majorC            C/BC/B  G+G
Lose some friends along the way
      D MajorD    C majorC
Then in you come one day

Chorus:
CMaj9Cmaj9   G+G        D MajorD       C majorC
Little red fish beneath the surface of the water
       G+G  D MajorD     C majorC
Scales in the sun, stars in a shot glass
G+G      FF       C majorC      G+G
Testing the break point in case we get lucky


Instrumental:
E minorEm G+G E minorEm G+G

Verse 3:
G+G           D MajorD    C majorC
Take your time, we've got all day
G+G         A minorAm    E minorEm
Days beyond that, come what may
  C majorC           C/BC/B    G+G
If you get home tell all your friends
         D MajorD   C majorC   G+G
The spawning tide never ends
G+G             D MajorD    C majorC
Say what you felt when you found us here
G+G             A minorAm   E minorEm
Here where the waters run crystal clear
C majorC               C/BC/B  G+G
One summer day in your summer clothes
        D MajorD    C majorC
The day you saw several ghosts


Chorus:
CMaj9Cmaj9   G+G        D MajorD       C majorC
Little red fish beneath the surface of the water
      G+G       D MajorD        C majorC
Hungry for years, senses sharpened by the hunger
G+G      FF       C majorC      G+G
Testing the break point in case we get lucky
G+G      FF       C majorC      G+G
Testing the break point in case we get lucky


Outro:
E minorEm G+G E minorEm G+G CMaj9Cmaj9 G+G
G MajorG FF C majorC G+G