The Mountain Goats – The Anglo-Saxons (Guitar)

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As recorded by The Mountain Goats (From the 1999 Album GHANA) When the A is in parentheses, only play it for a single strum. [Intro] N.C. We'd like to dedicate this song to our friends, the former N.C. Inhabitants of the British Isles! [Verse 1]

E            A                  E    (A)  E
They used to paint their bodies blue

A                         E
A couple of them might be distantly related to you

B            A               E
According to Caesar, they shaved their entire bodies

B                A               E     (A)  E 
Except for the upper lip and the head

[Chorus 1]

          E A   E      (A)  E
Yeah, the Anglo-Saxons

          A     E      (A)  E
Yeah, the Anglo-Saxons

               A
A sub-literate bunch of guys

E                       A
Though some sources say otherwise

          E  B   E
Yeah, the Anglo-Saxons

[Verse 2]

E               A        E       (A)  E
Yeah, they were men on a mission

A                       E
Preserving their poetry by oral tradition

      B                  A
Yeah, oral tradition was all you get

      E
Until Saint Augustine brought in the alphabet

[Chorus 2]

          E A   E      (A)  E
Yeah, the Anglo-Saxons

          A     E      (A)  E
Yeah, the Anglo-Saxons

        A
In 1065 they were ragin'

      E              A
But 1066 brought the Norman invasion

          E B   E
Yeah, the Anglo-Saxons

[Outro] Go! E A E (A) E A E (A) E B A E (A) E x2