Tianchi Lake chords by The Mountain Goats

Intro:
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Verse 1:
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Children by the water banks laughing long and loud
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Changbai’s high fine western peaks just beneath the clouds
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Currents in the water churning in their course
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Body of a sea-lion, head just like a horse

Verse 2:
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Preacher in the soft brown sand begins to speak his piece
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High winds in the treetops low flying winter geese
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No one taking pictures everybody still
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And then the water sought its course again the way that waters will

Instrumental:
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Verse 3:
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No one at the lakeside now, moon up in the sky
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Night birds in the dragon spruce, moaning long and high
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Backstroking on the surface, moonlight on its face
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Floats the Tianchi Monster, staring into space


Verse 4:
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Out around the temple now narcissus in bloom
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Censors packed with sandalwood send smoke into the room
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Children in the sand outside on their hands and knees
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Sketching pictures all day long of stranger things than these

Outro:
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