• Song:

    Birth Of Serpents

  • Artist:

    Mountain Goats

Capo3

D5 : xx022x or xx0220

D5   D5  D5  D5 G5   
let the    camera   pull back
G5                       A5                   D5 D5 D5 D5
til the fullness of the frame is clear and plain
D5  D5 D5    D5     G5
peer into the screen until you see it all
A5                          D5 D5 D5 D5
like a vision in a crystal ball

E5                    A5
let it all fill with smoke
D5                            G5
is this somebody's idea of a joke?

D5   D5 D5  D5    G5 
let the fixer work until the silver's washed away
A5                            D5 D5 D5 D5
and take the picture from the tray
D5    D5   D5        D5    
look hard at what you see
    G5      A5
and then remember you and me
D5 D5          D5               D5
     and let the truth spring free

E5                  A5
like a jack in the box
D5                       G5
like a hundred thousand cuckoo clocks

G5               A5
from the oregon corners
D5           G5
to the iowa corn 
G5                          A5               D5   Dsus9 D5 Dsus9
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#5             B5
see the tunnel twist
E5                              A5
clutch 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

E5                        A5
permanent bruises on our knees
         D5                                G5
never forget what it felt like to live in rooms like these

G5                        A5
from the california coastline
D5           G5
to the iowa corn
G5                          A5               D5   Dsus9 D5 Dsus9
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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