The Mountain Goats – Prowl Great Cain (Guitar)

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F#m       Bm                   G               A                 D
Gather jewels from graveyards, when I get home bury them again

F#m    Bm              G                 A                        D
Wonder if you'll ever get the chance to ask me why I turned you in

F#m       Bm               G               A                         D
I saved my own skin but I live to fight, I live to fight another day

F#m       Bm                   G               A                 Em
Still remember how brave you were when they came to take you away

Bm         D            A           G
And I feel guilty but I can't feel ashamed

D             A     G
Prowl through empty fields, great Cain

F#m       Bm               G                      A                  D
Thought I see the ghost up on the boulevard, between the broken bits

F#m          Bm                G     A                         D
It's hard to tell gifts of the spirit from clever counterfeits

F#m       Bm                   G               A                         D
Sleepwalk through my days and mark the hours until these dark times fade

F#m    Bm          G              A                            Em
Like a caterpillar crawling out along the surface of the blade

Bm         D            A           G
And I feel guilty but I can't feel ashamed

D             A     G
Prowl through empty fields, great Cain

G        A                 D    Dmaj7  G    E7
Rummage through the gutter storehouse now

E7           G             A
And lick the sweat from my brow

F#m       Bm                   G               A                              D
Saw the trucks roll out this morning, not sure when they're coming back again

F#m       Bm             G                 A                       D
Feel the prickings of my conscience in my chest every now and then

F#m         Bm               G           A                      D
Sometimes a great wave of forgetfulness rises up and blesses me

F#m       Bm                 G                A                 Em
And other times the sickness howls and I despair of any remedy

Bm         D            A           G
And I feel guilty but I can't feel ashamed

D             A     G
Prowl through empty fields, great Cain
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