• Song:

    Old College Try

  • Artist:

    The Mountain Goats

  • Album:

    2005-06-18: China Clipp...

Intro: A5  F#5  D5  E5  D5
       A5  F#5  D5  E5

A5                         F#5
From the housetops to the gutters
D5                       E5      D5
From the oceans to the shores
    A5                                      F#5
The warning signs have all been bright and garish
D5                           E5
Far to great in number to ignore

A5                      F#5
From the cities to the swamplands
D5                        E5    D5
From the highways to the hills
    A5                           F#5
Our love has never had a leg to stand on
D5                                   E5
From the aspirins to the cross-tops to the Elevils

           D5   E5            A5        D5
But I will walk down to the end with you
            A5                E5         A5
If you will come all the way down with me

A5                        F#5
From the entrance to the exit
D5                                         E5  D5
Is longer than it looks from where we stand
A5                         F#5
I wanna say I'm sorry for stuff I haven't done yet
D5                                  E5
Things will shortly get completely out of hand

A5                                      F#5
I can feel it in the rotten air tonight
D5                            E5
In the tips of my fingers in the skin on my face
A5                        F#5
In the weak last gasp of the evening's dying light
D5                                       E5
In the way those eyes I've always loved illuminate this place
       D5                  E5
Like a trashcan fire in a prison cell
         A5                   F#5
Like the searchlights in the parking lots of hell
       D5   E5            A5        D5
I will walk down to the end with you
            A5                E5         A5
If you will come all the way down with me

Final: A5  F#5  D5  E5  D5  A5  F#5  D5  E5  D5  E5  D5  E5  D5  E5  A5
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