The Mountain Goats – Southwestern Territory (Guitar)

A                          D     Ddim7
Small screen, July evening view

            F#m            F#7
Up and down Grand Avenue

                   Bm        E
Where the legends get made

             A     D         E
Out with the Boys' Brigade

            A    D      Bm   A
Part of the motorcade

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Flew home from Texas last night

             F#m      F#7
Slept on the flight

                     Bm   E
Work like a dog all day

              A     D     E
Born to chase cars away

           A        D
Die on the road someday

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I try to remember what life was like long ago

         E
But it's gone, you know

          E          A
Climb the turnbuckle high

                      D
Take two falls out of three

E                   A   Bm   A
Blackout for local TV

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Stand in that cold empty hall

                          F#m      F#7
Wait for your name to get called

                        Bm
Burn like hillsides on fire

             E       A        D       E
In the squall of the ringside choir

A         D      Em7
High as a wire

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Nearly drive Danny's nose back into his brain

        F#m             Faug    A   Bm   A
All the cheap seats go insane

A                                  D          Ddim7
Keep my eyes open and try to think straight

                             F#m   F#7
No one drives on the 60 this late

                           Bm     E
Feel like the last person alive

       A                 D       E   A   D
Francisquito to Glenshaw Drive

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I try to remember to write in the diary

D       E
That my son gave me

          E          A
Climb the turnbuckle high

                      D
Take two falls out of three

E                   A
Blackout for local TV