The Mountain Goats – Spent Gladiator 2 (Guitar)

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D5   :-577--
A5(V):577---
C5   :-355--
E    :-221--
A5   :-022--
F5   :133---
G5   :355---
E5   :022---
Am   :-02210
[Intro] D5 A5(V) D5 A5(V) [Verse 1]
C5        E        C5    E
 Like a spent gladiator

  A5
Crawling in the Colosseum dust

C5        E              C5          E
  Who can count on his remaining limbs

A5
   All the people he can trust

C5        E                 C5       E
 Like the one who stands behind him

A5
   Cheering him on

C5       E                 C5    E
Ecstatic when he stands defiant

A5
  Wild with abandon when he's gone
[Chorus]
            F5
Just stay alive

C5                         G5
   Keep your eyes on the payload
A5(V) [Verse 2]
C5         E                C5   E
   Like a village on the steppe

A5
 About to get collectivized

         C5              E                C5       E
When the men emerge with rifles from the haystack

A5
   Everybody looks surprised

C5        E             C5            E
Like the mice in the forgotten grain

A5
  Way up on the top shelf

             C5            E                C5      E
Like someone who's found a small town to escape to

           A5
Keeps one eye on his abandoned former self
[Chorus]
             F5
Stay in the game

C5                               G5
 Just try to play through the pain
[Bridge]
D5            F5                                 E5               C5
   Like a fighter who's been told it's finally time for him to quit

                   A5                E5                 E
Show up in shining colors and then stand there and get hit
[Intro] D5 A5(V) D5 A5(V) [Verse 3]
C5           E                   C5     E
  Like the clock that ticks in Dresden

A5
  When the whole town's been destroyed

C5          E                C5      E
  Like the nagging flash of insight

A5
  You're always desperate to avoid

C5           E              C5     E
  Like the bloody knuckled gunman

A5
  Still stationed at the breach

C5          E                    C5      E
  Like that board game with the sliders

A5
   And the children on the beach
[Chorus]
        F5
Stay alive

C5                             G5
Maybe spit some blood at the camera

             F5
Just stay alive

C5                 G5
   Stay forever alive
Am transcribed by [email protected] tabbed by badposture