The Mountain Goats – Clean Slate (Guitar)

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[Intro] C F x4 [Verse 1]
C                              F
One from East St. Louis with a scar beneath his eye

C                                F
Left the kitchen spotless on the day he said goodbye

D7                         Am
Breakaway republic dude, supremely filthy mouth

  Em                F                   G
Copiah, Mississipi; points much further south
[Chorus]
           C             F             G                   C   F   G
It's never light outside yet when they climb into the van

  C              F         G                     C
Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can
[Verse 2]
C                         F
Leave home feeling empty, change planes in Taipei

C                                 F
Stay awake the whole timе, end up several worlds away

    D7                                   Am
Thе house was almost full that day, they made a space for you

     Em                             F              G
This world is sad and broken, gotta fix a crack or two
[Chorus]
C                 F             G                      C   F   G
Rest until you're rested, climb back onto the caravan

  C              F         G                     C
Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can
[Bridge]
         D7            C            G           C     F        Fm
And then just when you think you've learned how to forget

    Bm         Am                        G                      F
You learn it's just the ones who haven't risen to the surface yet
[Verse 3]
C                      F
Absence after absence, keep the place secure

C                                 F
This will be the last time that I do this, I'm pretty sure

       D7                                Am              Em
No one lasts for long in this profession, so they say

      F                 G
Maybe see you again someday
[Chorus]
C              F                    G                  C   F   G
Every endpoint fixed forever on the day its arc began

  C              F         G                        Am   D7   F   G
Remember at your peril, forget the ones you can

                       C       F   G
Forget the ones you can
[Outro] C F G x3 C