The Mountain Goats – Minnesota (Guitar)

G                                    Em
   seeds came in the mail today from holland

         D*                              C
and the language on the package was wonderful and strange

G                         Em
all sorts of flowers that grow up from the earth

   D*                      C
      in goodly colors gloriously arranged

C                           D
i circled the house and i scattered them around

        G                        C
let the water sink down into the soil

Am                           D
   stared a long time at the residue

G                  C
   blood, milk and oil

Am                           D
god the humidity is something

G                  C
our shirts are soaked clean through

Am                           D
the house is throbbing and the heat keeps coming

G                  C
and i keep looking at you

G                              Em
    and then you're singing in dutch to me

         D*                        C
            and i recognize the song

G                      Em
   it seems so old and so fragile

D*                              C
   and i haven't heard it in so long

Am                                 D
   we may throw the windows open later

           G                      C
but we are not as far west as you suppose we are

Am                       D
hot wind coming off the water

G                        C
the sky gone crazy with stars

Am                      D
while we stay here we imagine we're alive

G                      C
we see shadows on the walls

Am                                       D
there's something waiting for us in the hot, wet air

G                 C
sweat, water and alcohol

         G
just the old blood

D*
rising up through the wooden floor again

G
just the old love

C
asking for more again