In The Shadow Of The Western Hills chords by The Mountain Goats

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
Dm DmMaj7 G C B/C Dm


Verse 1:
 Dm       DmMaj7      G
Spread out the old maps on the floor
 C    B/C     Dm
Plot the course of the infection
 Dm     DmMaj7      G
Trace from its beginnings to the present
C    B/C               Dm
Is there no one here who's making this connection?

C           Dm
Feral cats out by the trashcans
     C             Am
To the true believer everything's a sign
                G
Scrape the pigments from the baseboards
Asus4   A      Dm
In the shadow of the western hills
Dm             Bb  A
And paint my vision on my body
A              Dm
In the shadow of the western hills


Verse 2:
Dm       DmMaj7      G
Bleak rose-petal sky in two dimensions
C          B/C          Dm
Black tree line a blade that cuts across it all
Dm      DmMaj7         G
Can't seem to sleep or find my appetite
C     B/C         Dm
Since I got home from the hospital

G          Dm
Call up Rebecca maybe try to explain
G
But she hangs up while I'm still talking
   Asus4      A
I walk out into the rain

Dm      DmMaj7      G
Wander from the alley to the darkness
C    B/C     Dm
Sink down completely leave no trace
Dm      DmMaj7      G
Trapped beneath the surface of the ice again
C         B/C        Dm
Lie still with the moonlight on my face

C                 Dm
Wait for the wolves to keep their promise
C                 A
Listen for their footfalls on the snow
                 G   Asus4
I can't hear things clearly to be honest
A                Dm
In the shadow of the western hills
B                 A
He gets most healed that waits the longest
                 Dm
In the shadow of the western hills


Outro:
Dm DmMaj7 G C B/C Dm x2