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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) You Or Your Memory by The Mountain Goats E C#m I checked into a bargain priced room on la sienaga, F#m A E gazed out through the curtains of the parking lot. C#m walked down to the corner store just before nightfall in my bare feet. F#m A E black tarry asphalt, soft and hot. A E and when I came back I spread out my supplies. D on the counter by the sink, B I looked myself right in the eyes E A st. joseph's baby aspirin, B bartles and james, E A B E and you or your memory.
E C#m I ducked behind the drapes when I saw the moon begin to rise, F#m A E gathered in my loose ends switched off the light. C#m and down there in the dark I can see the real truth about me. F#m A E as clear as day, lord if I make it through tonight A E D B then I will mend my ways and walk the straight path to the end of my days. E A st. joseph's baby aspirin, B bartles and james, E A B E A B E A B E A B E A B E. and you or your memory. Broom People by The Mountain Goats E - C#m - A - B - E E C#m 36 Hudson in the garage A E All sorts of junk in the unattached spare room E C#m Dishes in the kitchen sink A B New straw for the old broom A E Friends who don't have a clue A E Well-meaning teachers A C#m A B But down in your arms, in your arms, E A I am a wild creature E A E C#m Floor two foot high with newspapers A E White carpet thick with pet hair E C#m Half-eaten gallons of ice cream in the freezer A B Fresh fuel for the sodium flares A E I write down good reasons to freeze to death A E In my spiral ring notebook A C#m A B But in the long tresses of your hair E A I am a babbling brook E A (x3) A This Year by The Mountain GoatsCapo 2 G D I broke free on a Saturday morning C G I put the pedal to the floor G D Headed north on Mills Avenue C G And listened to the engine roar G Bm Cadd9 G G D C G G D My broken house behind me and good things ahead C G A girl named Cathy wants a little of my time G D Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking C G Ahah, listen to the engine whine G D I am going to make it through this year C G If it kills me G D I am going to make it through this year C G If it kills me G Bm Cadd9 G G D C G G D I played video games in a drunken haze C G I was 17 years young G D Hurt my knuckles punching the machines C G The taste of scotch rich on my tongue G Bm Cadd9 G G D C G G D And then Cathy showed up and we hung out C G Trading swigs from a bottle, all bitter and clean G D Locking eyes, holding hands C G Twin high maintenance machines G D I am going to make it through this year C G If it kills me G D I am going to make it through this year C G If it kills me Em G I drove home in the California dusk Em G I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum Em G Pictured the look on my stepfather's face C D Ready for the bad things to come G D I down-shifted as I pulled into the driveway C G The motor screaming out, stuck in second gear G D The scene ends badly, as you might imagine C G In a cavalcade of anger and fear G D C D There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year G D I am going to make it through this year C G If it kills me G D I am going to make it through this year C G If it kills me G Bm Cadd9 G G D C G Dilaudid by The Mountain Goats Em Em C D x3 Em (pause) Em C D The reception's gotten fuzzy Em C D The delicate balance has shifted C Em Put on your gloves and your black pumps C B Let's pretend the fog has lifted Em C D Now you see me Em C D Now you don't C Em Now you say you love me C B Pretty soon you won't Em C If we get our full three score and ten A B We won't pass this way again Em D So kiss me with your mouth open C B Turn the tires toward the street Em And stay sweet Em Em C D x3 Em (pause) Em C D All the chickens come on home to roost Em C D Plump bodies blotting out the sky C Em You know it breaks my heart in half, in half C B When I see them trying to fly Em C D 'Cause you just can't do Em C D Things your body wasn't meant to C Em Hike up your fishnets C B I know you Em C If we live to see the other side of this A B I will remember your kiss Em D So do it with your mouth open C B And take your foot off of the brake Em For Christ's sake Em Em C D x3 Em ? Dance Music by The Mountain Goats G Em (x3) C D G C D G alright i'm on johnson avenue in san luis obispo G C D G and i'm five years old or six maybe. G C D G and indications that there's something wrong with our new house, C D trip down the wire twice daily. G C D G i'm in the living room watching the watergate hearings, G C D G while my stepfather yells at my mother G C D G launches a glass across the room, straight at her head. C D and i dash upstairs to take cover, C G lean in close to my little record player on the floor, C D so this is what the volume knob's for, G C D G i listen to dance music. G C D G dance music. G Em (x3) C D G C D G okay so look i'm seventeen years old G C D G you're the last best thing i got going G C but then the special secret sickness D G starts to eat through you C D what am i supposed to do? no way of knowing G C D G so i follow you down your twisting alleyways G C D G find a few cul-de-sacs of my own G C D G there's only one place this road ever ends up C D and i don't wanna die alone C G let me down, let me down, let me down gently C D when the police come to get me G C D G i listen to dance music. G C D G dance music. Outro: G C D G (x4) Dinu Lipatti’s Bones by The Mountain Goats B Eb E B B Eb we stank of hair dye and ammonia. E B we sealed ourselves away from view. B Eb you were looking at the void and sat unblinking/(seldom blinking?). E B E F# (x 9 11 11 11 9) E the best that I could do was to train my eyes on you. E B we scaled the hidden hills beneath the surface, E B scraped our fingers bloody on the stones. E B Eb E and built our little house that we could live in E B out of Dinu Lipatti's bones. B Eb we kept our friends at bay all summer long. E B treated the days as if they'd kill us if they could. B Eb ringing out the hours like blood drenched bed sheets E B E F# to keep winter time at bay but December showed up anyway. E B there was no money it was money that you wanted. E B I went downtown, sold off most of what I owned. E B Eb E and we raised a tower to broadcast all our dark dreams E B from Dinu Lipatti's bones. Up the Wolves by The Mountain Goats D G A D G A D D G2 A There's bound to be a ghost at the back of your closet G2 A D No matter where you live D Em There'll always be a few things, maybe several things G2 A D That you're gonna find really difficult to forgive D G A G A D D G2 A There's gonna come a day when you'll feel better G2 A D You'll rise up free and easy on that day D Em And float from branch to branch, lighter than the air G2 A2 A Just when that day is coming, who can say, who can say D G2 Our mother has been absent D G2 Ever since we founded Rome D A D But there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home D G A G A D D G2 A We're gonna commandeer the local airwaves G2 A D To tell the neighbors what's been going on D Em And they will shake their heads, and wag their bony fingers G2 A2 A In all the wrong directions and by daybreak we'll be gone D G A G A D D G2 A I'm gonna get myself in fighting trim G2 A D Scope out every angle of unfair advantage D Em I'm gonna bribe the officials, I'm gonna kill all the judges G2 A2 A It's gonna take you people years to recover from all of the damage D G2 Our mother has been absent D G2 Ever since we founded Rome D A D But there's gonna be a party when the wolf comes home G2 A D G2 A D G2 A D Oh Lion’s Teeth by The Mountain Goats Em G C Em Em G D C B Em G The king of the jungle C Em Was asleep in his car Em G When your chances fall in your lap like that D C B You've gotta recognize them for what they really are Em G Nobody in this house C Em Wants to own up to the truth Em G I crawl in shotgun and reach into his mouth D C B And grab hold of one long sharp tooth Em A Em And hold on B For dear life Em A Em B I hold on Em G Well of course he wakes up C Em His paw hits the horn Em G I am gonna regret D C B The day that I was born Em G And then mom rushes out to the driveway C Em My sister too Em G Everyone's screaming D C B I am dreaming of you Em A Em I hold on B For dear life Em A Em B I hold on C Em And my arms get sore C Em And my palms start to sweat C Em And the tears roll down my face C B Till my cheeks are hot and red and soaking wet Em G In come the cops C Em They blowtorch the doors Em G I start wailing D C B The lion roars Em G There's no good way to end this C Em Anyone can see Em G There's this great big you D C B And little old me Em A Em And we hold on B For dear life Em A Em We hold on B We hold on Em A Em B (x2) end on Em Hast Thou Considered the TetrapodCapo 1 A D (x3) A A D You are sleeping off your demons A D When I come home A E Spittle bubbling on your lips A D Fine white foam A D I am young and I am good A D It's a hot Southern California day A E If I wake you up A D There will be hell to pay A And alone in my room D A I am the last of a lost civilization D A And I vanish into the dark D A And rise above my station D A Rise above my station D A D A E A A A D But I do wake you up and when I do A D You blaze down the hall and you scream A E I'm in my room with my headphones on A D Deep in a dream chamber A D And then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face A D Hoping you don't break my stereo A E Because it's the one thing that I couldn't live without A And so I think about that D Then I sort of black out A Held under these smothering waves D A By your strong and thick veined hand D A But one of these days E A I'm gonna wriggle off on dry land A D (x3) A Magpie by The Mountain Goats Em G D Em x2 Em G Feed the kittens in the kitchen D Em Set food out for the strays Em G Try hard to do your best D Em The magpie will have his way Em G D Em x2 Em G Fill your mouth with berries D Em By the full light of the moon Em G Work all night if you have to D Em The magpie comes at noon Em Bm A Em x4 Em G Shore up the crucifixes D Em Above the archways and the doors Em G The magpie will come at midday D Em And you will go down on all fours Em G D Em x2 Em G And when the cherry's white with blossoms D Em Be ready and be brave Em G And remember what we had here D Em When there was something left to save Em Bm A Em x4 Song for Dennis Brown by The Mountain Goats e|---3---3-------------------------3---| B|---3-----------------------------3---| G|---0-----------------------------0---| D|---0---------0-------------------0---| A|---2------0h2------3--2--0--0----2---| E|---3---3-------------------------3---| Intro: G riff G riff G On the day that Dennis Brown's lung collapsed C D G (riff) spring rain was misting down on Kingston G and down at the harbour local C D G (riff) cops were intercepting an inbound shipment C G and for a while there it was chaos C D as they handcuffed and then roughed up some sailors G on the day my lung collapses C D G (riff) it's not gonna be much different G On the day that Dennis Brown's habits caught up with him C D G (riff) school children sang in choirs G and out behind the Chinese restaurants C D G (riff) guys were jumping into dumpsters C G and the stench was overbearing C D but they were past the point of caring G on the day my habits catch up with me C D G (riff) I'll be down among the jumpers Em G Em G Em G Em C e|----------| B|----------| G|----------| D|--------0-| A|--3-2-0-0-| E|----------| and then D (light on the high notes) G and when the birds come home in spring C D G (riff) we will fill them full of buckshot G and jets of contaminated blood C D G(riff) will cloud the rivers and the lakes C G it took all the coke in town C D to bring down dennis brown G C on the day my lung collapses D G (riff) we'll see just how much it takes G (riff) Em G Em G Em G Em C in here play (much more pronounced this time) e|----------| B|----------| G|----------| D|--------0-| A|--3-2-0-0-| E|----------| and then D (light on the high notes) G (riff) ? Love Love Love by The Mountain Goats E Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 King Saul fell on his sword when it all went wrong, E B and Joseph’s brothers sold him down the river for a song, E Asus2 and Sonny Liston rubbed some tiger balm into his glove. C#m Asus2 E some things you do for money and some you do for love, love, love. E Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 Raskolnikov felt sick but he couldn't say why E B when he saw his face reflected in his victim's twinkling eye. E Asus2 some things you'll do for money and some you'll do for fun, C#m Asus2 B E but the things you do for love are going to come back to you one by one. E Asus2 Asus2 E Love, love is going to lead you by the hand Asus2 E into a white and soundless place. Asus2 C#m E now we see things as in a mirror dimly. Asus2 B then we shall see each other face to face. E Asus2 and way out in Seattle young Kurt Cobain E B snuck out to the greenhouse, put a bullet in his brain. E Asus2 snakes in the grass beneath our feet, rain in the clouds above, C#m Asus2 E some moments last forever, but some flare up with love, love, love. E Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 E Asus2 Pale Green Things by The Mountain Goats C F C F C Got up before dawn F C F Went down to the racetrack C Riding with the windows down F C F Shortly after your first heart attack. Am C You parked behind the paddock, Am C Cracking asphalt underfoot, Am C Coming up through the cracks G C C F C F Pale green things, pale green things C You watched the horses run their workouts F C F You held your stopwatch in your left hand C And a Racing Form beneath your arm F C F Casting your gaze way out to no man's land Am C Sometimes I'll meet you out there Am C Lonely and frightened Am C Flicking my tongue out at the wet leaves G C Pale green things, pale green things C F C F C F C F Am C Am C Am C G C C My sister called at 3 AM F C F Just last December C She told me how you'd died at last, at last. F C F That morning at the racetrack was one thing that I remembered Am C I turned it over in my mind Am C Like a living Chinese finger trap Am C Seaweed in Indiana sawgrass G C Pale green things, pale green things C F C F C F C F Am C Am C Am C G C
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