The Mountain Goats – Hopeful Assassins Of Zeno (Guitar)

E                        B
 Get tired of coming in from the mountains every year

C                            A
   Find some place to set up shop around here

E                   B
Spread out a little, circulate

C                                 A
A log that floats down river will surely take on weight

   D          G C               E
Meet some people,     make some friends

D                                   C
How long till we get sent back to the mountains?

B
  It all depends

      E
On the hopeful

C
And the cunning

  A7
And the faithful

   C
The well-positioned

B              E
   Filthy but graceful

E                     B
   Get familiar with affairs of state

C                        A
   Foretell the future, get a pretty good success rate

E               B
Notch some wins, take some losses

C                         A
Be nice to the guys who wear necklaces with crosses

    D                         G C            E
They will stab you in the back,   you gotta turn the other cheek

    D                   C           B
You gotta learn to love Jesus, so to speak

         E
Like the hopeful

C
And the cunning

   A7
And the faithful

   C
The well-positioned

B             E
   Filthy but graceful

     G      F                      E
Real filthy,   think about getting clean

     G                              F              C    B
Even hear the soldiers talk about it, down at the canteen

E                          B
Little kings keep coming, one another's head

C                            A
   Which is exactly how the portends read

E                      B
   Watch with wonder, fail to discern

C     A
   These people never learn

D                         G
How long until the snake devours its tail?

                C        E
 Longer than we think

      D
Still it's gotta happen sometime

C                      B
   Until then, raise a drink

       E
To the hopeful

 C
And the cunning

   A7
And the faithful

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The well-positioned

B              E
   Filthy but graceful