Southwestern Territory chords by The Mountain Goats

Intro: Bm A


verse 1
A             D   Ddim7
Small screen, July evening view
      F#m      F#7
Up and down Grand Avenue
          Bm    E
Where the 🏷Legends get made
       A   D     E
Out with the Boys' Brigade
      A  D   Bm  A
Part of the motorcade
A             D    Ddim7
Flew home from Texas last night
       F#m   F#7
Slept on the flight
           Bm  E
Work like a dog all day
       A   D   E
Born to chase cars away
      A    D
Die on the road someday
 Bm   Ddim7            A  F#m  D
I try to remember what life was like long ago
     E
But it's gone, you know

     E     A
Climb the turnbuckle high
           D
Take two falls out of three
E          A  Bm  A
Blackout for local TV


verse 2
A              D  Ddim7
Stand in that cold empty hall
             F#m   F#7
Wait for your name to get called
            Bm
Burn like hillsides on fire
       E    A    D    E
In the squall of the ringside choir
A     D   Em7
High as a wire
                    D    Ddim7
Nearly drive Danny's nose back into his brain
    F#m       Faug  A  Bm  A
All the cheap seats go insane
A                 D     Ddim7
Keep my eyes open and try to think straight
               F#m  F#7
No one drives on the 60 this late
              Bm   E
Feel like the last person alive
    A         D    E  A  D
Francisquito to Glenshaw Drive
 Bm    Ddim7         A    F#m  E  D
I try to remember to write in the diary
D    E
That my son gave me


     E     A
Climb the turnbuckle high
           D
Take two falls out of three
E          A
Blackout for local TV


Outro
A  D  Ddim7  F#m
F#7  Bm
E  A  D
E  A  D