• Song:

    Elijah

  • Artist:

    Mountain Goats

  • Album:

    The Coroner's Gambit

Easiest to play with a capo 1st fret.

Intro:
A D E


A (x02220@1)                                           D (xx0232@1)                        EStreak (022100@1)the windows, smear the walls with coconut oil, yeah
A (x02220@1)                                           D (xx0232@1)                        EFill (022100@1)a cast iron kettle with water and magnolia blossoms
F#m (244222@1)                         
Let it boil, let the water roll. 
D (xx0232@1)                  E (022100@1)                         A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E
Let the fire take its toll. I'm coming home


A (x02220@1)                                            D (xx0232@1)                  EDust (022100@1)off the idols, give them something to eat
A (x02220@1)                                            D (xx0232@1)                  EI (022100@1)bet they're hungry, I know I'm starving half to death
F#m (244222@1)                                     D (xx0232@1)                      EI (022100@1)know you're waiting, I know you've been waiting for a long, long time 
A (x02220@1)                                      D (xx0232@1)                        Eand (022100@1)I'm coming home

F#m (244222@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                          
Set the table, those three extra spaces, one for 
A (x02220@1)                                   Eme, (022100@1)one for your doubts, one for God


A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)           ELet (022100@1)the incense burn in every room
A (x02220@1)                             D (xx0232@1)                 EFeel (022100@1)the fullness of time in the empty tomb
A (x02220@1)                    D (xx0232@1)                 EFeel (022100@1)the future kicking in your womb
               A (x02220@1)                        D (xx0232@1)                        EI'm (022100@1)coming home. I'm coming home

Repeat intro for a while, end on A.

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