Mountain Goats - Last Man On Earth

intro : G Bm Am7 C x2

G Bm C G
just when the last of the smoke subsides you’ll see my fingers
G Bm Am7 D
hoisting my body up atop the charred debris
G Bm Em Bm
who is that creature with the crazed look in his eyes?
C G
don’t even question your senses
C D
you can be sure that’s me
Em G
when all the pretenders to your hand
C D
lie dead across the land ,

G Bm C D
i’ll be the last man on earth
G Bm C D
i’ll be the last man on earth
G Bm C D
i’ll be the last man on earth
G D G
crawling around , down on the ground

G Bm C G
when the hail marys you’ve been saying lose their savor
G Bm Am7 D
just when your dungeon walls feel like they’re closing in
G Bm Em Bm
whose are those bloody knuckles reaching down to grab you
C G C D
just as the last of the light overhead is growing dim?
Em G
it was their love you wanted , not mine
C D
but when they deny your name three times

G Bm C D
i’ll be the last man on earth
G Bm C D
i’ll be the last man on earth
G Bm C D
i’ll be the last man on earth
G D G
crawling around , down on the ground

Em D G
and i will throw you across my shoulders
Em D G
and i will bleed and i will drool
Em D C G
and the cameras will slow pan across my face
Em F D
and i will try to say something cool

G Bm C G
just as the hoardes of thirsting demons close around us
G Bm Am7 D
raising their axes , howling like monkeys in the sun
G Bm Em Bm
who will that guy be holding you so high above them?
C G C D
you know and i know , everyone knows it , i’m the one
Em G
i may have failed you once before
C D
but this right here , this means war

G Bm C D
i’ll be the last man on earth
G Bm C D
i’ll be the last man on earth
G Bm C D
i’ll be the last man on earth
G D G
crawling around , down on the ground