The Mountain Goats – When A Powerful Animal Comes (Guitar)

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[Intro] N.C. One, two N.C. One, two, three [Verse 1]
F      Am C     G
We move by night

F               Am               C     G
Cover our tracks well and we pack light

Dm             Am               C                F
Follow the shoreline 'til we've run clean out of land

G          Am          C                F
Speak in gestures only we can understand
[Chorus]
           Dm
We've made mistakes

F                       Am   C              D
Everyone spots their own mess when the dawn breaks
[Verse 2]
F   Am C           G
We get so exhausted

F     Am  C           G
Lost kids, just wasted

Dm            Am               C               F
Sleep in short shifts and then rise up to our feet

G         Am                C                  F
Life is short, and life is hard, and life is sweet
[Chorus]
             Dm
The treeline shakes

F                        Am      C              D
We roll hard along some long odds when the dawn breaks
[Bridge]
A                                  D Dsus2 D (x2)
See soft peaks off in the distance

      A             E7
Those people in the mountains

          C               D
They will never know what hit them
[Verse 3]
F    Am C          G
We shed dead weight

F              Am     C           G
It gets pretty hard to concentrate

Dm             Am                C               F
Practice our prayers until some small hope crystallizes

G              Am              C            F
Follow the shoreline till some better hope arises
[Chorus]
                  Dm
Behold, the beast awakes

F                              Am C              D
Stand trapped in his great shadow when the dawn breaks