The Mountain Goats – Armies Of The Lord (Guitar)

F#         C#          D#m
Trying to pantomime surprise

Fdim     A#               B
After we buried you at sunrise

     B                G#m           F#
With nothing you'd predicted coming true

     F#              A#                B
Just doing what we'd promised you we'd do

B            G#m    G#7
Not ready anymore

             C#
Late for the war

    F#                G#7                  B
Who would prepare for peace, take up the sword

B               C#            F#
Waiting for the armies of the Lord

F#         C#               D#m
Even if we found the world again

Fdim         A#                 B
Haircuts and clean clothes, and what then:

B             G#m                  F#
Sew ourselves clean back into the fold?

F#               A#                   B
Remember 'til we don't, and then grow old?

B            F#      G#m
Not ready to go that way

G#7                       C#
What would our old friend say?

F#                    G#7               B
Who goes without will find some great reward

B               C#            D#m
Waiting for the armies of the Lord

D#7                    B
And even if they never come (Even if they never come)

B                F#    G#7               C#
Stay here by the fire, listening for the drum

F#                   C#    D#m
In the world but not of it anymore

Fdim        A#                B
Starving to death down by the shore

B           G#m                F#
Prehistoric insects trapped in ice

F#          G#7              B
Letting the hunger claim its price

B          D#m               G#m
Sixteen to three now down to two

G#7                 C#
Soon, it'll just be you

F#        G#7              B
Raise the flag and cut the cord

F#   G#7                 B
All aboard that's going aboard (All aboard, all aboard)

B               C#            F#
Waiting for the armies of the Lord