The Mountain Goats – Jam Eater Blues (Guitar)

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Chords

Start by strumming just the bottom few strings, then open up the chords as the song progresses. [Intro] E [Verse]
E                      A                                E
life is too short to refrain from eating jam out of the jar.

E                      A                                E
life is too short to refrain from eating jam out of the jar.

E                               B                    A       E
and life is too short to wait around for you to come home tonight.

E
life is too short,

    B           E
too short to do that.
E A E E A E
E                              A                       E
life is too short to leave the windows open all winter long.

E                              A                       E
life is too short to leave the windows open all winter long.

E                       B            E                     A
i'm gonna lock 'em up tight and eat jam out of the jar all night.

E                                B
'cause life is too short to make toast,

                 E
or use spoons or napkins.
E A E E A E E B A E E B E
E                              A                       E
life is too short to spend the rest of it down here in tampa.

E                              A                       E
life is too short to spend the rest of it down here in tampa.

E                                 B
yeah, life is too short to let it go to waste like this,

      E                            A
but i never tasted jam before that tastes like this.

    E                       B                               E
and life is too short to refrain from eating jam out of the jar.
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