• Song:

    Pet Politics

  • Artist:

    Mountain Goats

  • Album:

    2005-06-23: Bottom of t...

This is The Mountain Goats' cover of the Silver Jews' song.

tab by Dan  dtrom4 at aol dot com

Em (022000@1)                   AmGuard (x02210@1)my bed while the rain turns the ditches to mirrors
Bbuy (x2444x@1)a vase of carnations from central Ohio
Emwhere (022000@1)the looking machine can't hear us

Em (022000@1)Deep in the night we dream of positions
Amthere's (x02210@1)a line for the phone in the hall
Band (x2444x@1)in the cold places where Spanish is spoken
Emmost (022000@1)wars end in the fall
C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1) Bm (x24432@1) EmYou (022000@1)never know where your pet will go
G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Empet (022000@1)politics

EmStill (022000@1)wearing last nights' mascara
Amnow (x02210@1)that her pet was gone for sure
Bshe (x2444x@1)was shivering so hard 
Emit (022000@1)looked like there were two of her

EmI (022000@1)could see through the sleeve of her blouse
Amthe (x02210@1)mute plans of her architect lover
Ba (x2444x@1)tattoo of a boarded-up house
Emand (022000@1)ink door that belonged to another
C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)  Bm (x24432@1)EmWhen (022000@1)the rain hits you it hits you slow
G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Emstitch (022000@1)after stitch

Adam was not the first man 'though the Bible tells us so
There was one created before him, whose name we do not know
He also lived in the garden
but he had no mouth or eyes
One day Adam came to kill him
and he died beneath these skies

I find it so amazing how
I go where I'm led (x2)

C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)name="chord_x24432@1">Bm   EmI (022000@1)suspect we could be losing now
G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D Emplease (022000@1)guard my bed (x3)

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