@Mountain Goats
"Source Decay" - written by john darnielle
tabbed by Russ Sweetser
ruxxell@comcast.net
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EOnce (022100@1)a week I make the drive
F# (244322@1)                        Atwo (x02220@1)hours east to check the Austin post office box.
E (022100@1)                    F#I (244322@1)take the detour through our old neighborhood,
                A (x02220@1)                       Bsee (x2444x@1)all the Chevy Impalas in their front yards up on blocks,
       A (x02220@1)                    Band (x2444x@1)I park in an alley and I read through the postcards
          E (022100@1)             Athat (x02220@1)you continue to send:
          F# (244322@1)                      Awhere (x02220@1)as indirectly as you can you ask what I remember.
               E (022100@1)                    BI (x2444x@1)like these torture devices from my old best friend.
           C#Well (x43121@1)I'll tell you what I know
         F#like (244322@1)I swore I always would --
         A (x02220@1)               BI (x2444x@1)don't think it's gonna do you any good:
     E (022100@1)        A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)         A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1)   A (x02220@1)       EI (022100@1)remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward the water.

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EI (022100@1)always get a late start,
          F#when (244322@1)the sun's going down
         Aand (x02220@1)the traffic's thinning out
         Eand (022100@1)the glare is hard to take. I wish the
E (022100@1)                      F#West (244322@1)Texas highway was a M?bius strip --
         A (x02220@1)                         BI (x2444x@1)could ride it out forever. When I feel my heart break,
          A (x02220@1)                               BI (x2444x@1)almost swear I hear it happen, it's that clear and that hard.
   E (022100@1)                           AI (x02220@1)come in off the highway and I park in my front yard.
   C#I (x43121@1)fall out of the car
        F#like (244322@1)a hostage from a plane,
Athink (x02220@1)of you a while and
       Bstart (x2444x@1)wishing it would rain.
E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)     B (x2444x@1)   A (x02220@1)       EI (022100@1)remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward the water.

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  EI (022100@1)come into the house,
     F#put (244322@1)on a pot of coffee,
A (x02220@1)                     Ewalk (022100@1)the floors a little while.
E (022100@1)                                F#I (244322@1)set the postcard on a table with all the others like it,
A (x02220@1)                       Bstart (x2444x@1)sorting through the pile.
AI (x02220@1)check the pictures and the postmarks
         Band (x2444x@1)the captions and the stamps
     E (022100@1)                     Afor (x02220@1)signs of any pattern at all.
        F# (244322@1)                               AWhen (x02220@1)I come up empty-handed, the feeling almost overwhelms me.
E (022100@1)               BI (x2444x@1)let a few of my defenses fall
        C# (x43121@1)                            F#and (244322@1)I smile a bitter smile -- it's not a pretty thing to see --
         A (x02220@1)                               BI (x2444x@1)think about a railroad platform back in 1983
       E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)           A (x02220@1)     BA                 Eand (022100@1)I remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward toward
the water