This is off  Jack & Faye. You can listen to it at the official site
This tab sounds right to me (note: its different from the tab they have posted on the Mountain Goats site, 
is wrong, try playing it along with the song and you'll see what I mean.)


Flat tuning
Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb

play the chords as you would if it was in standard tuning, first position.


D (xx0232@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)   A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
on the shores of a lake named after a late queen of england
Bbi (x1333x@1)heard new rumors of war.
Athe (x02220@1)sun was a red ball up in the summer sky.
Gi (320003@1)saw my sister standing in the doorway.
Dshe (xx0232@1)had that look on her face that reminded me of you.
Bbthe (x1333x@1)reports were coming hourly and the sky was blue.
Athey (x02220@1)were shifting the power again.
Gthey (320003@1)always do this when i come home.

D (xx0232@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)   A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)Di (xx0232@1)tucked my shirt in, though i don't know why.
Bbshielded (x1333x@1)my eyes from the light up in the sky
A'cause (x02220@1)it was shining, blazing, like a highway flare
Gin (320003@1)the incredibly impossibly dry air
Di (xx0232@1)heard my mother call my sister to the kitchen again
Bband (x1333x@1)thought that everything was headed straight down the drain
Athey (x02220@1)positioned themselves in strategic locations
Gi (320003@1)was beginning to lose my patience.
D (xx0232@1)                                    Gif (320003@1)you'll just put your hand in mine,
D (xx0232@1)                                    Awe're (x02220@1)gonna leave all our troubles behind.

D (xx0232@1)    Bb (x1333x@1)    A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)