The Mountain Goats - Sometimes I Still Feel the Bruise
From the 'Babylon Springs' EP (2006)

Chords are placed roughly were transition should occur - you may have to use your own 
at certain points. Strumming pattern is quite easy to master.

Standard tuning. Common time.

Tabbed by Stuart Q. - Any comments, corrections or suggestions please email - sbquin001@student.acu.edu.au

Chords

Bm - |234422|
D  - |2320xx|
A  - |556775|
Em - |000220|
G  - |334553|

---INTRO---

| Bm | D | A | Em|

---VERSE---

Bm (x24432@1)                   DThis (xx0232@1)is just to say hello
                 AAnd (x02220@1)to let you know
                         EmI (022000@1)think of you from time to time
Bm (x24432@1)                        DI (xx0232@1)know I never really knew you
                    ABut (x02220@1)somehow I miss you
                                EmAnd (022000@1)wish that you'd stayed in my life
G (320003@1)                    DMaking (xx0232@1)contact gets harder
                        AAs (x02220@1)the silence grows longer
                 BmAnd (x24432@1)isn't it only me
G (320003@1)                           DWho'd (xx0232@1)like us to see each other?
                            AHow (x02220@1)I would hate to be a bother
                              BmThe (x24432@1)way we left it was you'd ring

---CHORUS---

D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)        BmI'm (x24432@1)under no illusion
D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)         BmAs (x24432@1)to what I meant to you
G (320003@1)                   DBut (xx0232@1)you made an impression
D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)                  BmAnd (x24432@1)sometimes I still feel the bruise
D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)               BmSometimes (x24432@1)I still feel the bruise


---BRIDGE---

| Bm| (x24432@1)D| (xx0232@1)A| (x02220@1)Em| x 1

---VERSE---

Bm (x24432@1)                    DNow (xx0232@1)and then I stumble on
                               AWhat (x02220@1)I've misplaced but never lost
                           EmAn (022000@1)ache I first felt long ago
Bm (x24432@1)                             DThough (xx0232@1)you've appeared and disappeared
                             AThroughout (x02220@1)these past few years
                             EmI'd (022000@1)be surprised if you now showed
G (320003@1)                   DMaking (xx0232@1)contact gets harder
                        AAs (x02220@1)the silence grows longer
                           BmAnd (x24432@1)why would you think of me
G (320003@1)                           DWhen (xx0232@1)you were not the one in love?
                          AWhen (x02220@1)you were not the dreamer?
                         BmWhen (x24432@1)you were just the dream?

---CHORUS---

D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)      BmI'm (x24432@1)under no illusion
D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)           BmAs (x24432@1)to what I meant to you
G (320003@1)                   DBut (xx0232@1)you made an impression
D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)                    BmAnd (x24432@1)sometimes I still feel the bruise
D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)                  BmSometimes (x24432@1)I still feel the bruise

---OUTRO---

| Bm| (x24432@1)D| (xx0232@1)A| (x02220@1)Em| x 2

| Bm | Bm (for three counts) | let ring | let ring || x 1