The Mountain Goats – Transcendental Youth (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G Em C D D G Em C D [Verse]
D                       G       Em        C    D
Cold through broken baseboards, I despise this town

D               C    G               G A D
Snow on the sunroof, two stories down

D    G      D                 Em
Hold hands, wish the snow away.

D               C    G                    G A D
Rise in the darkness of the gathering day
[Chorus]
Bm    F#          D            G
Sing, sing for ourselves alone

Bm      F#     D         G
Speak into the microphone.
[Verse]
D                    G     Em       C      D
Cedar smudge our headbands and take to the skies

D              C     G                         G A D
Soar ever upwards on air gone black with flies

D                       G       D             Em
Shroud ourselves in the cosmos, let the music play

D                       C   G                      G A D
Bright star of the morning, shine on his rising way
[Chorus]
Bm          F#    D                   G
Sing in the night in the nameless dark

Bm          F#   D                   G
Father long gone but we bear his mark

F#m        G        A     D
Learn some secrets, never tell

F#m  D     G         A
Stay sick, don't get well
[Verse]
D                       G       Em       C       D
Clutch those broken headboards, ride the highest wave

D              C                  G                 G A D
Dusky diamonds shining in the far depths of the cave

D        G                D                Em
Try to explain ourselves, babble on and on

D      C           G                       G A D
By the time you receive this, we'll be gone
[Chorus]
Bm    F#         D                     G
Sing, sing high, while the fire climbs

Bm    F#     D             G
Sing one for the old times
[Outro] D G Em C D x4