The Mountain Goats – Incandescent Ruins (Guitar)

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[Intro] G | G | [Verse 1]
 G                        D
Here inside the final diorama

  _                              G
Charting weather patterns for kicks

  C                               G
There're several fairly weighty problems

            D                         C  _
I'm pretty sure the simulation won't fix
[Verse 2]
 G                   D
Never any better at bottom

          _                        G
Than the signals I'm set up to receive

  C                         G
Choking on the blood of the androids

 D                          C
Wiping off my mouth on my sleeve
[Chorus]
               G       _     C  _
Shining on the inside,   maybe

               G       _       C  C/B  Am7  _
Shining on the inside,   maybe
[Verse 3]
 G                            D
Somewhere in the monument garden

    _                           G
Suggestions of a tunnel to freedom

C                            G
Everywhere the crack of the rifle

 D                       C        _
Never any guns when you need them
[Verse 4]
   G                          D
I got to test my chin on the concrete

_                            G
It's the only way to be sure

C                        G
Only the desperate ever make it to the exit

D                       C   N.C.
Only the brave and the pure
[Chorus]
               G       _     C  _
Shining on the inside,   maybe

               G       _       C  C/B  Am7  _
Shining on the inside,   maybe
[Bridge]
Bm    _                       Em     _
    Shining like a deep sea creature

C   _                  G           D
    Only temporarily bearing the pressure

      G                           D
    Sniffing at the walls of the maze

    _                             G
    All the ancient rumors were true

        C                                G
    You only see the jump cuts and the close-ups

         D                     C  _
    You never get the aerial view
[Verse 5]
    G                            D
Content to make me serve as an example

    _                          G
Set up a sign or two on the trail

  C                                  G
There's a lot of things that can happen

D                         C
All for the want of the nail
[Chorus]
               G       _     C  _
Shining on the inside,   maybe

               G       _       C  C/B  Am7  _
Shining on the inside,   maybe
[Outro] G | G | G | G |