The Mountain Goats – Going To Lebanon 2 (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
 Cm     Ab           Bb      Eb Dm Cm
We came down to the shore

Cm           Ab              Bb      Eb Dm Cm
Always some desperate people there

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Anywhere people congregate for pleasure

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They'll go hunting for treasure

Cm             Ab                      Bb      Eb Dm Cm
Come one, come all, fortune-seeking brothers

Cm              Ab
Pick up the faint, faint scent

        Bb                Eb Dm Cm
Of the faith of our fathers

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Their names were known once to me

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I hear them sometimes on the Song of the Sea
[Refrain]
F            G             Cm
Take note of what will be gone

                    Ab   Cm
In the blink of an eye

                Ab
The blue, blue water

Bb                  Cm
The bone-white sky
[Verse 2]
Cm               Ab              Bb      Eb Dm Cm
You can set your watch by these guys

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We will be high on the highway before they've even opened their eyes

Cm                        Ab
Picture them scouring the sanctuary

Bb          Ab   Cm
Looking for gold

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It never gets old
[Verse 3]
Cm               Ab                  Bb      Eb Dm Cm
But there is no gold and there is no silver

Cm            Ab                   Bb      Eb Dm Cm
And the South takes what the North delivers

Ab           Bb
Reverse the circuit sometimes

Eb                   Ab
Every couple seasons

Cm            Ab
Remember our grandfathers

Cm                 Ab
Whenever we need a reason
[Refrain]
F            G             Cm
Take note of what will be gone

                    Ab   Cm
In the blink of an eye

                Ab  Bb
The blue, blue water

Bb                  Cm
The bone-white sky
Yeah Cm Ab Cm Ab Cm