The Mountain Goats – Let Me Bathe In Demonic Light (Guitar)

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[Verse] Gm F Eb x2
Gm          F        Cm
Down at the end of a bombed-out street

D                 Gm
   The shell of a house where my-

F             Bb      Eb
Friends and me used to meet

D           Cm
Someday the old flesh will

Bb      F      Eb
give way to the new

D                  Gm
Find a functioning mirror inside and

Bb    D    Eb
slip right through
[Chorus]
    Bb     F              Eb
And there,   there I will be

    Bb      F              Eb
And who,     who's coming with me?

Bb                F        Cm7
    To show me my one true face

Bb           F          Eb
    When I arrive at my preordained place 
Gm F Eb x2 [Verse 2]
Gm                         F        Cm
   Chain of command may be 10 years long

D              Gm
   I emerge in Manhattan

F     Bb        Eb
Still young and strong

D             Cm
  Someday the hellhound will

Bm             F            Eb
   pick up the scent on the trail

D                Gm
   Zero in on my penthouse and then

Bb     D     Eb
pierce   the veil
[Chorus]
    Bb     F              Eb
And there,   there I will be

    Bb      F              Eb
And who,     who's coming with me?

Bb                F        Cm7
    To show me my one true face

Bb           F          Eb
    When I arrive at my preordained place
Db C [Bridge]
             Bb     Db C
Hopeless but free

                   Bb   
Lit up like a marquee 

Cm7               Fmaj7
Shining over the freeway

    Cm7                   Gm 
Where will my long trail end? 

Ab                 Eb  F
Here, here with my new friend
[Verse 3]
Gm              F     Cm
  Fruits of the spirit    heavy on the vine

D          Gm
   Undying hunger

F      Bb          Eb
       deep in the bloodline

D                       Cm
  Dodge the hook like a steel head

Bb         F           Eb
Swim right through the night

D                       Gm
  Break the surface and rise like a geyser

Bb      D       Eb
When my time is right
[Chorus]
    Bb     F               Eb
And there,    there I will be

    Bb               F                    Eb 
And who, who among you, who's coming with me?

Bb               F        Cm7
   To show me my one true face

Bb          F          Eb
   When I arrive at my preordained place
Bb F Eb x6