Mountain Goats - Ethiopians

outtake from tallahassee , i’m going off of the version that’s up on daytrotter .

standard tuning . the chords :

C Cmaj7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 no5 F Am G
E | – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 1 – – – – 0 – – – 3 – – – – – – |
B | – – 1 – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 1 – – – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 1 – – – – 1 – – – 3 – – – – – – |
G | – – 0 – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 2 – – – – 2 – – – 0 – – – – – – |
D | – – 2 – – – – – 2 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – 3 – – – – 2 – – – 0 – – – – – – |
A | – – 3 – – – – – 3 – – – – – – – x – – – – – – – – – x – – – – – – – 3 – – – – 0 – – – 2 – – – – – – |
E | – – x – – – – – x – – – – – – – x – – – – – – – – – x – – – – – – – 1 – – – – x – – – 3 – – – – – – |

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Fmaj7 Fmaj7 no5 x4
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C F
window mounted air conditioning unit ,
Am G
humming like a hive .
C F
we want to send postcards to the friends we used to have ,
Am G F G
rub their noses in the ugly fact that we are still alive ,
F G
and we play ,
C Am
lovers reggae ,
F G
on accordion and banjo ,
F G
when the moon is high .
F G C Am
and we lie on the floor ,
F G
get suspicious of the people
F G
who’ve just moved in next door .

C F
the bad taste in our mouths ,
C
the twinkle in your eye
F
good things never last
G
bad things never die .

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wind chime from tahiti that we found down at the auction ,
tolls its minor chord .
and i can’t think of one thing in this whole wide blessed world ,
that’s more dangerous and frightening ,
than you when you get bored .
and we go though ,
scads of money .
don’t know where it comes from ,
don’t know where it goes .
and we stare , out the window
see the poison flowers the neighbours grow ,
sprouting up in nice neat rows .

the swelling in our limbs ,
the twinkle in your eye ,
good things never last ,
bad things never die .

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