The Mountain Goats – Younger (Guitar)

Em7                  A     C
    Crank that siren high

                     C
Drain the wellspring dry

                    Em7   A   C
Map out your coordinates

Em7                    A    C
    Send out scouts by day

                   C
Dole out mercenary pay

                           Em7   A
For restless young subordinates

                  C
It never hurts to give thanks to the local gods

                            Em7    A   C
You never know who might be hungry

                  Em7                                 A   C
It never hurts to scan the windows on the upper floor

        D                                     Em
I saw a face there once before when I was younger

Em7                 A    C
    Set the torch aflame

                  C
Call the night by name

                             Em7   A   C
Stake out your dark position

Em7        A    C
    Lie in wait

                       C
By the gleaming city gate

                             Em7     A
Try not to lose sight of the mission

                  C
It never hurts to give thanks to the broken bones

                             Em7    A   C
You had to use to build your ladder

Em7                 A
    Moment close at hand

C
Half of you will never understand

                             Em7   A   C
And it doesn't really matter

D                 A
  Big smile on my face

C
  Capsule just in case

                   Em7   Asus4   C
Underneath my tongue

Em7               Asus4   C
    Voices on the breeze

                         D                        Em
I heard voices once like these when I was younger

G                     Em
  Blood rushing to my face

C                        Bm
  I know that sweet warm taste

        B
And the bitter trace

Em7                       A    C
    Storm right down that hill

                   C
If I don't, no one will

                                 Em7   A   C
Follow me right through the chaos

Em7                     A      C
    This whole house is doomed

                          C
Even the big parts get consumed

                            Em7   A
Prepare a grave for Menelaus

                  C
It never hurts to give thanks to the navigator

                                   Em7     A   C
Even when he's spitting out random numbers

Em7                          A     C
   I knew what those figures meant

                            D
And what they hoped to represent

               Em7   A   C
When I was younger

Em7   A   C
(Repeat)