The Mountain Goats – Tallahassee (Guitar)
Key
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Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
This song is very easy to play, but Darnielle's awesome chord voicings make
it beautifully satisfying. Most of the credit for this goes to TMG Wiki, but
I fixed a few errors by watching John play it live here:
There's a repeating bass riff (I think? There's definitely a bass playing this on
the 5th & 7th frets, but sound like it's in the guitar octave) tabbed below, and
John usually does some sort of embelishment on the end of each verse, so I put
the most common one below as well.
[Chords]
G/D: x5540x or x55403 (John uses the first)
G: 320033
A5/G: xxx055
G5: xxx033
A/E: x776xx
All others play according to UG pop-ups :)
Bass Ostinato: Dsus2 Lick
e|------------------| e|-0--3p2p0--|
B|------------------| B|-2---------|
G|------------------| G|-3---------|
D|------------------| D|-0---------|
A|-7-5-5-7-5-5-7-5--| A|-----------|
E|------------------| E|-----------|[Intro]
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2 | (x4)
[Verse 1]
D E G/D Dsus2 Window facing an ill-kept front yard D E G/D Dsus2 Plums on the tree heavy with nectar D E G/D Dsus2 Prayers to summon the destroying angel D E G/D Dsus2 Moon stuttering in the sky like film stuck in a projector | G | G | And you | D | D | You
[Instrumental]
|A5/G | G5 | D | D |
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
[Verse 2]
D E G/D Dsus2 Twin prop airplanes passing loudly overhead D E G/D Dsus2 Road to the airport, two lanes clear D E G/D Dsus2 Half the whole town gone for the summer D E G/D Dsus2 Terrible silence coming down here | G | G | And you | D | D | You
[Instrumental]
|A5/G | G5 | D | D |
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
[Verse 3]
D E G/D Dsus2 There is no deadline, there is no schedule D E G/D Dsus2 There is no plan we can fall back on D E G/D Dsus2 The road this far can't be retraced D E G/D Dsus2 There is no punchline anybody can tack on D E G/D Dsus2 There are loose ends by the score D E G/D A/E What did I come down here for? |G/D |G/D | You | D | D | You
[Coda]
|A5/G | G5 | D | D |
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|
| D | E | G/D |Dsus2|