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KEY: C
4/4

INTRO:

C F A* Am

C F A* G7*

VERSE 1:

C

Lately I've been spending more

F A* Am

Time with the Mountain Goats

C

On the drive to my parents

F A* F

I took all the roads back home

C

I turned up the volume

F A* Am

So I could hear the vocals

C

Over the hum of the wind

F A* Am

tumbling in through the window

C

Over the roar of the engine

F A* F

Coming in of the open roa.....d

INSTRUMENTAL:

C F A* Am

C. F. A*. G7*

VERSE 2:

Tucked away in an attic
Of a place on Aberdeen (ends on G7*)
With some books and a mattress
And me off sweeping (ends on Am)
As my thoughts would collect
In the cracks between the floorboards (ends on G7*)
Taking stock of their plight they wonder
What a life like this is good for (ends on F)

CHORUS:

C F A* F

I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone

C F A* Am

I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone

C F A* F

I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone

C F A* G7*

I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone

INSTRUMENTAL

VERSE 3:

Under the weight of my feet
I feel the feel the floorboards speaking (ends on Am)
And at night while I read
I feel the street lights creep in (ends on Am)
The only books that I brought
Were by children's authors (ends on G7*)
Like the one in which Piglet
Is entirely surrounded by water (ends on F)

INSTRUMENTAL

VERSE 4:
In the rearview mirror
I see me on the highway (ends on G7*)
With a tow rope tied to my chest
And then driving away (ends on F)
Both lungs pulled tight
As I fight to keep breathing (ends on G7*)
Having the wind knocked out of me
Feels like a tired cliché (ends on F)

CHORUS:

C F A* F

I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone

C F A* G7*

I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone

C F A* F

I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone

C F A* Am

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from OVER THE ROAR OF THE ENGINE, track released January 1, 2013

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