Search

☀️ 🌙 📟

My Songbook

Scorpio Rising by The Mountain Goats

Chords

Rate for accuracy

🎸

0/5 ( votes)

Intro:
Em  A  D  F#m
Em  A  D  F#m
 
 
Verse 1:
Em          A            D             F#m
out in the desert in the last light of day
Em                A            D            F#m
we search for the footprints of bobby beausoleil
Em                A              D          F#m
and there in the desert past the LA county line
Em               A              D              F#m      F#
bobby buried the canister in the middle of the night
 
 
Chorus:
          Am
I'm not alright
           D7
I'm not alright
     D         A          A/G# G#m
I'm really not up for the fight.

D       A
slow it down.
D       F#m     D   D
slow it down, down down.
D       A
slow it down.
D       F#m     D   D
slow it down, down down.
 
 
Break:
Em  A  D  F#m
Em  A  D  F#m F#
 
Bridge:
 
Em        A           D               F#m
the gears grind on as the van accelerates
Em               A           D           F#m
some things buried deep need to stay that way.
 
 
Chorus:
          Am
I'm not alright
           D7
I'm not alright
     D         A          A/G# G#m
I'm really not up for the fight.
 
D       A
slow it down.
D       F#m     D   D
slow it down, down down.
D       A
slow it down.
D       F#m     D   D
slow it down, down down.
D       A
slow it down.
D       F#m     D   D
slow it down, down down.
D       A
slow it down.
D       F#m     D   D
slow it down, down down.

Scorpio Rising Chords Info

Last Updated: September 10, 2025