The Mountain Goats – Love Cuts The Strings (Guitar)
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Chords
Adapted from the Mountain Goats wiki which you can find here
http://www.themountaingoats.net/wiki/doku.php?id=tabs:love_cuts_the_strings
These days John mutes his guitar after strumming the G before the Yeah at the end and then starts playing
again, sounds great that way.
The recurring riff is easier than it sounds, check out a video like the mother's day edition on youtube
to see his timing with it. It goes: G(once) Cadd9(once) F6add9(twice) Cadd9(once) G(twice)
G: 320033
Cadd9: x32033
F6add9: xx3233
D: xx0232
[Intro]
G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G x4
[Verse]
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G the first thing that happened was the river overflowed G Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G The water running through the street was sweet and cold G Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G I knelt by the water like a doe by a stream G Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G Punch-drunk snow-blind as if the whole thing were a bad dream
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G And then love called out the heavy artillery D Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G Kypris took the horses by the bit for the morning ride D Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G I'd count my blessings but you can only be expected to count so high D Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G When love cuts the strings
[Verse]
G Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G I smeared my self with pennyroyal to keep the hounds at bay G Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G And you poked your head out from an alley half a block away G Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G And I recognized you though I'm not sure how G Cadd9 G And the air turned red around you as a dull chill came down over me
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G And then love summoned up the infantry D Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G And the green-eyed goddess got ready for all out war D Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G I'd count my blessings but I don't even know what the word "blessing" means D Cadd9 G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G When love cuts the strings
[Outro]
Yeah!
G Cadd9 F6add9 Cadd9 G x4