Mountain Goats - You Me And A High Balcony

standard tuning

tabbed from the recording posted on john darnielle’s tumblr

B D#m
clean slate , warm weather

E B F#
they should tie our ankles both together

B D#m
seagulls calling to one another

E B F#
if a stranger should ask you you can tell him i’m your brother

E B
lean into me press real hard

E B F#
i got no good reasons left not to let down my guard

C#m B
i love your kiss

C#m E F#
but it’s going to come down to this

B E B E
you and me on a high balcony

B F# E F#
and professional wrestling on pay – per – view

B E B E
windows and light and the radio blaring all night

B F# E F# B
and the truth slowly dawning on me and then on you

B D#m
let’s pretend we’re all alone

E B F#
let’s unplug the telephone

B D#m
our scale doesn’t slide

E B F#
here comes tonight hey open wide

E B
don’t blink don’t try too hard not to

E B F#
just rehearse the alibis your father taught you

C#m B
see the plastic coating on the windows blister

C#m B F#
anybody asks you tell them you’re my sister yeah

B E B E
you and me and a table set for three

B F# E F#
just in case our assassin should finally come through

B E
and ??? and matches

B E
why don’t we cook up two more batches?

B F# E F# B
with the ??? closing in on me and then on you

outro : B E B E B E F# ( one
stroke ) E