----------------------------------------------------------------------------- GAME SHOWS TOUCH OUR LIVES - Mountain Goats ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Celidor Tuning: standard Chords: Em6 C F D e|--X---X---X---2-----------------------------------------------------------| B|--X---1---1---3-----------------------------------------------------------| G|--2---0---2---2-----------------------------------------------------------| D|--0---2---3---0-----------------------------------------------------------| A|--2---3---3---------------------------------------------------------------| E|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------------| (The high e sounds muted for most of the song.) When he plays the Em6 chord he adds and removes a finger on the G string. This is hard to explain so I'll show you, as this is repeated throughout the song. e|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| B|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| Repeat G|--0-0-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-| D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-| A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| E|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------| | | | | | | | | | | (Once you have that down sounding right, you are ready to start playing the song.) Game Shows Touch Our Lives ----------------------------------------- Em6 C F (4x) Em6 Dug up a fifth of Hood River gin C That stuff tastes like medicine F C But I'll take it Em6 It'll do Em6 On the couch in the living room all day long C Music on the television playing our song F C I'm in the mood Em6 The mood for you Em6 C F (2x) Em6 Turn the volume up real high C All of that money look at it fly F C Em6 And you smoking like a chimney Em6 Shadows crawled across the living room's length C I held onto you with a desperate strength F C Em6 With everything with everything in me D C And I handed you a drink of a lovely little thing Em6 On which our survival depends D C People say friends don't destroy one another D What do they know about friends? Em6 C F (4x) Em6 Thunderclouds forming cream white moon C Everything's going to be okay soon F C Maybe tomorrow Em6 Maybe the next day Em6 Carried you up the stairs that night C All of this could be yours if the price is right F C I heard cars headed down to oblivion Em6 Up on the expressway D Your drunken kisses as light as the air C Em6 Maybe everything that falls down eventually rises D Our house sinking into disrepair C Em6 Ah but look at this showroom filled with fabulous prizes Em6 Em6 C F