The Mountain Goats – In Corolla (Guitar)

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The day I turned my back on all you people

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I felt an itching in my thumbs.

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Salt air like a broadcast from the distant, dark beyond

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When my transformation comes.

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I went down to the warm, warm water

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Saw a pelican flypast

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Waved once at the highway and then left all that behind me

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I went wading through the grass.

Bm             Dm             Amaj7
And no one was gonna come and get me.

Bm             Dm          Amaj7
There wasn't anybody gonna know.

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Even though I leave a trail of burnt things in my wake

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Every single place I go.

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And it was cool, and it was quiet

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In the humid marsh down there.

C#m           E7        F#m          B7
I let my head sink down beneath the brackish water,

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Felt it gumming up my hair.

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The sun was sinking into the Atlantic

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The last time that I turned my back on you.

  C#m             E7          F#m              B7
I tried to summon up a little prayer as I went under

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It was the best that I could do.

Bm                Dm                  Amaj7
Let them all fare better than your servant,

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The reeds all pricking at my skin.  

       F#m              D                C#7                  B7
Here's hoping they have better luck than I had down here with you

A        D             A (Bbmaj7/A) A
All that water rushing in