The Mountain Goats – First Few Desperate Hours (Guitar)

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Bad luck comes in from Tampa

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Bad luck comes in from Tampa

                 E
On the back of a truck

                    B
Doing ninety up the interstate

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We have bad dreams the night he rolls in

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We have bad dreams the night he rolls in

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And we try to keep our sprits high

         E*             A
But they flag and they wane

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When the truck pulls up out front

                    B
In the light spring rain

         E*                 A
And they sag like withering flowers

                   F#   A
Let the good times roll on

                                  B
Through these first few desperate hours

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Yeah the driver drops his cargo at the curb

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The driver drops his cargo at the curb

                  E  
And the sun peeks in

                          B
Like a killer through the curtain

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And when cloven hoof prints turn up in the garden

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Yeah when cloven hoof prints turn up in the garden

                    E
We keep up the good fight

                    B
We keep our spirits light

         E*        A
But they draw like flies

                               F#   A   
And there's a stomach-churning shift

                    B
In the way the land lies

         E*        A
And they lean like towers

     F#                     A 
On a hillside struggling to stand

                                  B
Through these first few desperate hours yeah