Spent Gladiator 2 chords by The Mountain Goats
Guitar chords with lyrics
Intro Am G Am G Am G Am G Verse 1: Am G Like a spent gladiator Am G Crawling in the Colosseum dust Am G Who can count on his remaining limbs Am All the people he can trust Am G Like the one who stands behind him Am G Cheering him on Am G Ecstatic when he stands defiant Am Wild with abandon when he's gone
F
Just stay alive
Am G
Keep your eyes on the pay line
Am Am
Verse 2:
Am G
Like a village on the steppe
Am G
About to get collectivized
Am G
When the men emerge with rifles from the haystack
Am
Everybody looks surprised
Am G
Like the mice in the forgotten grain
Am G
Way up on the top shelf
Am G
Like someone who's found a small town to escape to
Am
Keeps one eye on his abandoned, former self
F
Stay in the game
Am G
Just try to play through the pain
F Am G
Like a fighter who's been told it's finally time for him to quit
F
Show up in shining colours
Am G
And then stand there and get hit
F F Am Am
Verse 3:
Am G
Like the clock that ticks in Dresden
Am G
When the whole town's been destroyed
Am G
Like the nagging flash of insight
Am
You're always desperate to avoid
Am G
Like the bloody-knuckled gunman
Am G
Still stationed at the breach
Am G
Like that board game with the sliders
Am
And the children on the beach
F
Stay alive
Am G
Maybe spit blood at the camera
Am
Just stay alive
Am G
Stay forever alive
Outro
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