The Mountain Goats – In The Craters On The Moon (Guitar)

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Chords

Dsus2  xx0230
D5     xx0235 or 5577x5
[Intro] Am [Verse 1]
Am                        Dsus2
If the strain proves too much

                 Am
Give up right away

                         Dsus2
If the light hurts your eyes

                 Am
Stay in your room all day
[Chorus 1]
                           C
When the room fills with smoke

                    G
Lie down on the floor

           Dsus2
In the declining years

                 Am
Of the long war
[Verse 2]
                           Dsus2
Well the blood's in the water

                           Am
And the shark's gonna come

                    Dsus2
And we swim in the dark

                        Am
Until our bodies are numb
[Chorus 2]
                C
Blind desert rats in the moonlight

                   G
Too far from the shore

           Dsus2
In the declining years

       Am
Of the long war
[Instrumental] Am Em G D5 D5 x3 Em G (Fade in Am) [Verse 3]
                       Dsus2
Empty room with a lightbulb

                            Am
Where the phone starts to ring

                  Dsus2
Everybody gets nervous

                   Am
Nobody says anything
[Bridge]
                           C
The next day someone's initials

                  G
Show up on the door

                     Dsus2
I think I'm gonna crack

                            Am
Can't live like this anymore
[Chorus 3]
                        C
Ugly things in the darkness

                    G
Worse things in store

                    Dsus2
In the declining years

              Am
Of the long war
[Instrumental Outro] Em G D5 D5 x3 Em G D5