The Great Gold Sheep chords by The Mountain Goats

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Fm

Verse:
Eb      Fm C7   Db
I'm going to do what I like
       Ab     Eb
I'm going to live how I want
Eb      Fm   C7      Db
I'm going to build myself a great estate
       Ab     Bb7
With lots of statues out front

Chorus:
Fm            C7
Choirs from the Curtis Institute
Db
Singing me to sleep
Fm       C7         Db   Fm
Wake up and worship the great gold sheep


Verse:
Eb      Fm    C7       Db
I'm going to walk the pathways of the ancients
       Ab       Eb
I'm going to let my name be known
Eb      Fm   C7         Db
I'm going to see the wild haunts of this world
      Ab        Bb7
And carve a place out all my own


Chorus:
Fm         C7
Heat up the iron until it glows
Db
Burn the brand so deep
Fm       C7         Db
Wake up and worship the great gold sheep


Bridge:
Ab      Eb        Db
There's only one, splendid and fine
Ab    Eb          Db
The ages attest its wondrous design
Ab     Eb      C7    Db
You and me stand somehow above the fray
Ab      Eb    Bb7           Fm
And name everyone who's throwing their chance away


Verse:
Eb      Fm    C7      Db
I'm going to write my name on everything
       Ab       Eb
I'm going to leave a lasting legacy
Eb     Fm         C7         Db
And when my body's thrown with great force from a window
       Ab          Bb7
The dogs will fight for whatever's left of me


Chorus:
Fm       C7
Shallow grave among the weeds
Db
Where the pale worms creep
Fm     C7           Db  Fm
Wake up and worship the great gold sheep