The Mountain Goats – Broken To Begin With (Guitar)

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[Intro] D C# D (x4) [Verse 1]
D
   Men of old who sailed the seas

F#
   Bringing nations to their knees

Bm
Turning up the remnants of our campsite

      G
Would never know it kept three people warm at night

D
  Survey the clumsy architectures

F#
 Idly make a few conjectures

Bm
Scribble some conclusions in a ledger

G
   Never knowing better
[Pre-Chorus]
     F#m                      Bm
Like anything you ever come across

  G                              Asus4
Before you knew about it it got lost
[Chorus]
                         F#m   Bm
It was broken to begin with

                        G   A D
It was broken to begin with

                             Em    A
It was like this when we got here
It was broken to begin with [Interlude] D C# D (x2) [Verse 2]
D
When the archaeologists arrive

   F#
No proof that we were ever here alive

Bm
Me and Peter Balkan and you, friend

G
 Until the dream ran out of oxygen

   D
Is this not what you wanted from the sea?

   F#
Is this not what the waves require of me?

Bm
Isn't this what we suspect we'll see,

C                          A   Asus4 A
 On the day we finally get free?
[Pre-Chorus]
    Em                             G    Bb
And if that day turns out to be today

              A
Maybe that's okay
[Chorus]
                         F#m   Bm
It was broken to begin with

                        G   A D
It was broken to begin with

                             Em
It was like that when we got here

                             G     A
It was like this when we got here
It was broken to begin with [Interlude] D C# D (x2) [Solo] Bm C G D Bm C G A A [Outro]
          D               A            Bm          F#m         G
Well, the first thing you learn is how far you can go with no gas in the tank

        D              A            G           A            D
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night