The Mountain Goats – An Antidote For Strychnine (Guitar)

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Asus2/G - XO2OOO
Following the organ sounding keys since this song is light on the guitar. Play the Asus2/G quickly, just one
beat. You can ignore it and just play Am throughout if you wish. [Verse 1]
Am                        Asus2/G  Am
Dig around in the garbage

                                   Asus2/G  Am
Save up some halibut bones in a jar

                                         Asus2/G  Am
Scrape a winter's worth of salt deposits
From the rusty frame of my car
             F   Em                  Am
Ask the experts,    maybe they'll know
[Verse 2]
                                Asus2/G  Am
Call up my teacher in Cambridge

                      Asus2/G  Am
See what he remembers

                                       Asus2/G  Am
Throw white phosphorus in the fireplace
Look for clues in the embers
              F   Em                              Am  Asus2/G  Am
Call the hotline,    give them a phony last name
[Chorus]
         Dm
Try to find

                     Am     Asus2/G  Am
An antidote for strychnine

           Dm    G
Tryin' to find

                     Am     Asus2/G  Am
An antidote for strychnine
[Verse 3]
                     Asus2/G  Am
Time's running short

                            Asus2/G  Am
Always seems to run shorter

                         Asus2/G  Am
Have some supplies sent
From up just past the northern border
              F  Em                                      Am  Asus2/G  Am
Keep a line out     to the people who take the long view
[Verse 4]
                       Asus2/G  Am
Only share my research

                           Asus2/G  Am
With sick lab rats like me
Trapped behind the beakers
                          Asus2/G  Am
And the Erlenmeyer flasks
Cut off from the world, I may not ever get free
        F  Em         Am  Asus2/G  Am
But I may     one day
[Chorus]
           Dm
Tryin' to find

                    Am     Asus2/G  Am
An antidote for strychnine

        Dm     G
Try to find

                     Am    Asus2/G  Am
An antidote for strychnine
[Bridge]
Bb         Dm                              Am
So many suffering from the same affliction

Dm
Coming up on the breakthrough

              G
The clock's ticking
[Verse 5]
Am                                Asus2/G  Am
Dig down amongst my calculations

              Asus2/G  Am
Check my map

                         Asus2/G  Am
Up there on the surface
Everybody's getting ready for the bloodbath
          F
Stem the tide, stem the tide

Em                                      Am  Asus2/G  Am
They're calling down for reinforcements
[Chorus]
           Dm
Tryin' to find

                           Am  Asus2/G  Am
An antidote for strychnine

           Dm     G
Tryin' to find

                           Am Asus2/G  Am
An antidote for strychnine
(Asus2/G Am until end)