The Mountain Goats – Rocks In My Pockets (Guitar)

            E                 A
Like a good luck charm for a soldier

E                A
Heading off into battle

  E                     B
I carried a stone in my pocket

A                    B
Something I found in Seattle

   A                   E
It vaguely resembled a face

       A                          E
And it looked like a headstone, a little

      A                          E
Deep groove from a worm, or from years underwater

A                      B
Running right down the middle

            F#m         A              E     F#m
Some people name their cars, or their guitars

    A                          E    B F#m
Some things are too fragile to name

      A                     C#m  F#
Some things are made for the spotlight

A                            B
Some live at the edge of the frame

E                     A
Just a few days above surface

E           A
 A lifetime below

E            B               E
 Rocks in my pockets, when I go

             A
Stuck to the shoreline

E                    A
In the light of the torch

E                  B
Wrapped up in your bandage

        A             B
Like a package on the porch

A                       E
You were never going to make it

A                E
I felt like you knew

A                         E
But at least you'll have someone

A                            B
For some of us that won't be true

            F#m      A                     E
Some people go down swinging, get in a few punches

              F#m      A                    E      B
Some learn to ride the currents, some never learn

F#m                    A                  C#m          F#    A
Probably not going to leave the slightest trace in the wake

              B
When it's my turn

E             A
Tie down the sails

E                    A
When the crosswinds blow

E           B               A
Rocks in my pockets, when I go

E                         A
Initials in the bark of a tree

E               A
Little signs of hope

E                            B
Like a good luck charm for a soldier

A                 B
Mailed home in an envelope

            F#m    A
Some people go it alone

             E
Some need a friend

F#m                A
The weak ones get lucky

                                        B
The strong ones stick around to see the end

E                     A
Just a few days above surface

E          A
A lifetime below

E             B            F#m
Rocks in my pockets when I go

A           B              F#m
Rocks in my pockets when I go

            B              E
Rocks in my pockets when I go