• Song:

    Matthew 25 21

  • Artist:

    Mountain Goats

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                     D6sus2    Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                  D5 (xx023x@1)         they'd hooked you up                  to afentanyl (x02210@1)drip

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                      Dsus4 (xx0233@1)             D6sus2    D5 (xx023x@1)      to mitigate the pain a little bit

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)        Dsus4 (xx0233@1) D6sus2                     D5 (xx023x@1)         i flew in                  from pennsylvania

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                                   Dsus4 (xx0233@1)          D6sus2    D5 (xx023x@1)      when i heard the hour was coming fast

Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)                    D5 (xx023x@1)     And i docked in santa barbara

Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)                  D5 (xx023x@1)     tried to brace myself

Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)                       D5 (xx023x@1)     but you can't brace yourself
        
          Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)                                 Asus4when (x02230@1)the time comes      you just have to roll with the blast

Em (022000@1)               Gand (320003@1)i'm an 18-wheeler headed down the interstate

D5 (xx023x@1)                               A (x02220@1)              Gand (320003@1)my brakes are gonna give and i won't know til it's too late

C (x32010@1)                       Dtires (xx0232@1)screaming when i lose control

Asus4 (x02230@1)                      Gtry (320003@1)not to hurt too many people when i roll

[instrumental]
Dmaj7 Dsus4 D6sus2 D5
Dmaj7 D6sus2 Dsus4 D5

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                      Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D6sus2                   D5 (xx023x@1)        find the harbor freeway              and head south

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)         D6sus2    Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                       D5 (xx023x@1)         real tired,                  head kind of light

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                 D6sus2    Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                             D5i (xx023x@1)found telegraph road,                i'd only seen the name on envelopes

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)             Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D6sus2                   D5found (xx023x@1)the parking lot                    and turned right

Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)                    D5i (xx023x@1)felt all the details carving out space in my head

Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)                    D5tropicanas (xx023x@1)on the walkway neon red

Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)                    D5between (xx023x@1)the pain and the pills trying to hold it at bay

Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)                    Asus4stands (x02230@1)a traveler going somewhere far away

Em (022000@1)               Gand (320003@1)i am an airplane tumbling wing over wing

D5 (xx023x@1)                               A (x02220@1)              Gtry (320003@1)to listen to my instruments they don't say anything

C (x32010@1)                       Dpeople (xx0232@1)screaming when the engines quit

Asus4 (x02230@1)                      Gi (320003@1)hope we're all in crash position when we hit

[instrumental]
Dmaj7 D6sus2 Dsus4 D5
Dmaj7 D6sus2 Dsus4 D5
Dmaj7 D6sus2 Dsus4 D5
Dmaj7 D6sus2 Dsus4 D5

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                     D6sus2
     and then came to your bedside

Dsus4
        and as it turns out

D5i'm (xx023x@1)not ready

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)      D6sus2
     and as though

Dsus4 (xx0233@1)                                   D5 (xx023x@1)       you were speaking through a thick haze

Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                 D6sus2   Dsus4 (xx0233@1)D5 (xx023x@1)     you said hello to me

Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_320003@1">G            D5we (xx023x@1)all stood there around you

Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_320003@1">G            D5happy (xx023x@1)to hear you speak

Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_320003@1">G            D5the (xx023x@1)last of something bright burning

Bm (x24432@1) Gstill (320003@1)burning

Asus4
beyond the cancer and the chemotherapy

Em (022000@1)               Gand (320003@1)you were a presence full of light upon this earth

D5 (xx023x@1)                               A (x02220@1)              Gand (320003@1)i am a witness to your life and to its worth

C (x32010@1)                       Dit's (xx0232@1)three days later when i get the call

Asus4 (x02230@1)                      Gand (320003@1)there's nobody around to break my fall 
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