The Mountain Goats – Cold At Night (Guitar)

D          E            A
Let yourself go in the current

D          E            A
Only rise and fall as the angles allow

D                       F#m
Finally make a break for the surface

D                                E
Breathe in the sweet air of the here and now

C#m                           A
Wake up in the arms of the earth

D                            E
Fully present at the second birth

  A             E                     F#m              E            D
Well the first thing you learn is how strong you can be if you have to

A             E                    F#m             E        A
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night

D               E                  A
Let the waves break where they have to break

D               E                  A
Let the people make ready to approach the throne

D                           F#m
Two are going to stumble along the way

D                        E
One is going to go up alone

C#m                         A
Fires gathering on a distant peak

D                                E
Let me get some sleep before I speak

        A                 E           F#m            E                  D
Well the first thing you learn is how far you can go with no gas in the tank

A             E                    F#m             E        A
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night

A        D                    A
Lightly row, but this much I know

 E                                     D            A
The first thing you learn will be the last thing to go

D                  E               A
Sharpen sticks and stab at the tide pools

D                  E               A
Pitch a camp as close as we can to shore

D                         F#m
Nobody thought to carry a compass

D                   E
It's not the 19th century any more

C#m                              A
On the third day you said you felt sick

D                       E
I could hear the clock tick

A             E                       F#m            E                  D
The first thing you learn is there's always a clock ticking somewhere

A             E                    F#m             E        D
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night

A             E                    F#m             E        D
The first thing you learn is how strong you can be if you have to, so strong

A             E                    F#m             E        D
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night

A             E                    F#m             E        D
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night

A             E                    F#m             E        D
And the next thing you learn is how cold it can get at night