Rocks In My Pockets chords by The Mountain Goats

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: E

Verse 1:
            E                 A
Like a good luck charm for a soldier
E                A
Heading off into battle
  E                     B
I carried a stone in my pocket
A                    B
Something I found in Seattle


   A                   E
It vaguely resembled a face
       A                          E
And it looked like a headstone, a little
      A                          E
Deep groove from a worm, or from years underwater
A                      B
Running right down the middle

            F#m         A              E     F#m
Some people name their cars, or their guitars
    A                          E    B F#m
Some things are too fragile to name
      A                     C#m  F#
Some things are made for the spotlight
A                            B
Some live at the edge of the frame

Chorus:

E                     A
Just a few days above surface
E           A
 A lifetime below
E            B               E
 Rocks in my pockets, when I go

Verse 2:
             A
Stuck to the shoreline
E                    A
In the light of the torch
E                  B
Wrapped up in your bandage
        A             B
Like a package on the porch

A                       E
You were never going to make it
A                E
I felt like you knew
A                         E
But at least you'll have someone
A                            B
For some of us that won't be true

            F#m      A                     E
Some people go down swinging, get in a few punches
              F#m      A                    E      B
Some learn to ride the currents, some never learn
F#m                    A                  C#m          F#    A
Probably not going to leave the slightest trace in the wake
              B
When it's my turn

Chorus:

E             A
Tie down the sails
E                    A
When the crosswinds blow
E           B               A
Rocks in my pockets, when I go

D C E
D C B

Verse 3:

E                         A
Initials in the bark of a tree
E               A
Little signs of hope
E                            B
Like a good luck charm for a soldier
A                 B
Mailed home in an envelope

            F#m    A
Some people go it alone
             E
Some need a friend
F#m                A
The weak ones get lucky
                                        B
The strong ones stick around to see the end

Chorus:

E                     A
Just a few days above surface
E          A
A lifetime below
E             B            F#m
Rocks in my pockets when I go
A           B              F#m
Rocks in my pockets when I go
            B              E
Rocks in my pockets when I go