The Great Gold Sheep chords by The Mountain Goats

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Intro:
F minorFm

Verse:
Eb MajorEb           F minorFm C7C7     DbDb
I'm going to do what I like
             AbAb         Eb MajorEb
I'm going to live how I want
Eb MajorEb           F minorFm      C7C7            DbDb
I'm going to build myself a great estate
             AbAb          Bb7Bb7
With lots of statues out front


Chorus:
F minorFm                       C7C7
Choirs from the Curtis Institute
DbDb
Singing me to sleep
F minorFm             C7C7                  DbDb     F minorFm
Wake up and worship the great gold sheep


Verse:
Eb MajorEb           F minorFm       C7C7              DbDb
I'm going to walk the pathways of the ancients
             AbAb             Eb MajorEb
I'm going to let my name be known
Eb MajorEb           F minorFm      C7C7                  DbDb
I'm going to see the wild haunts of this world
            AbAb               Bb7Bb7
And carve a place out all my own

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Chorus:
F minorFm                 C7C7
Heat up the iron until it glows
DbDb
Burn the brand so deep
F minorFm             C7C7                  DbDb
Wake up and worship the great gold sheep


Bridge:
AbAb           Eb MajorEb                DbDb
There's only one, splendid and fine
AbAb        Eb MajorEb                   DbDb
The ages attest its wondrous design
AbAb         Eb MajorEb            C7C7        DbDb
You and me stand somehow above the fray
AbAb            Eb MajorEb        Bb7Bb7                      F minorFm
And name everyone who's throwing their chance away


Verse:
Eb MajorEb           F minorFm       C7C7           DbDb
I'm going to write my name on everything
             AbAb              Eb MajorEb
I'm going to leave a lasting legacy
Eb MajorEb          F minorFm                 C7C7                 DbDb
And when my body's thrown with great force from a window
              AbAb                   Bb7Bb7
The dogs will fight for whatever's left of me


Chorus:
F minorFm             C7C7
Shallow grave among the weeds
DbDb
Where the pale worms creep
F minorFm          C7C7                     DbDb    F minorFm
Wake up and worship the great gold sheep