• Song:

    Birth Of Serpents

  • Artist:

    Mountain Goats

Credit for the tab goes to ~ETX~
Listen to the song for more precise strumming patterns and chord changes

Capo3

Dmaj9: xx022x or xx0220

D (xx0232@1) Dmaj9 (xx4220@1)D (xx0232@1)Dmaj9 (xx4220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   
let the    camera   pull back
G (320003@1)                     Asus4 (x02230@1)                 D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx4220@1">Dmaj9 D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx4220@1">Dmaj9
til the fullness of the frame is clear and plain
D (xx0232@1)Dmaj9 (xx4220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D    Dmaj9 (xx4220@1)   Gpeer (320003@1)into the screen until you see it all
Asus4 (x02230@1)                        D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx4220@1">Dmaj9 D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx4220@1">Dmaj9
like a vision in a crystal ball

E (022100@1)                  Alet (x02220@1)it all fill with smoke
D (xx0232@1)                          Gis (320003@1)this somebody's idea of a joke?

D (xx0232@1) Dmaj9 (xx4220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D  Dmaj9 (xx4220@1)  G (320003@1)let the fixer work until the silver's washed away
Asus4 (x02230@1)                          D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx4220@1">Dmaj9 D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx4220@1">Dmaj9
and take the picture from the tray
D (xx0232@1)  Dmaj9 (xx4220@1) D (xx0232@1)      Dmaj9 (xx4220@1)  
look hard at what you see
    G (320003@1)    Asus4and (x02230@1)then remember you and me
D (xx0232@1)name="chord_xx4220@1">Dmaj9          D (xx0232@1)             Dmaj9 (xx4220@1)    and let the truth spring free

E (022100@1)                Alike (x02220@1)a jack in the box
D (xx0232@1)                     Glike (320003@1)a hundred thousand cuckoo clocks

G (320003@1)             Afrom (x02220@1)the oregon corners
D (xx0232@1)         Gto (320003@1)the iowa corn 
G (320003@1)                        A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1) Dsus9 DDsus9 (xx0232@1)to the rooms with the heat lamps where the snakes get born

(same as other verses)
crawl through the tunnel and follow, 
follow the light northwest
see that young man who dwells inside his body 
like an uninvited guest

F# (244322@1)           Bmsee (x24432@1)the tunnel twist
E (022100@1)                            Aclutch (x02220@1)your birthright in your fist

(same as other verses)
let the camera do its dirty work 
down there in the dark
sink low, rise high, and bring back some blurry pictures 
to remember all your darker moments by

E (022100@1)                      Apermanent (x02220@1)bruises on our knees
         D (xx0232@1)                              Gnever (320003@1)forget what it felt like to live in rooms like these

G (320003@1)                      Afrom (x02220@1)the california coastline
D (xx0232@1)         Gto (320003@1)the iowa corn
G (320003@1)                        A (x02220@1)             D (xx0232@1) Dsus9 DDsus9 (xx0232@1)to the rooms with the heat lamps where the snakes get born

Repeat verse chords once or twice and end on D
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