Fall of the Star High School Running Back by the Mountain Goats tabbed by Jonovox Riff: e|-----0-| B|-2-3---| G|-------| D|-------| A|-------| E|-------| Intro: D A G Riff D Em G A D A G Riff D D A G Sophomore year D Em G A D A G You rushed for an average of eight and a third yards per carry G A All eyes were on you D A G Junior year D Em G A Blew your knee out at an out-of-town game G A Nowhere to go but down, down, down D G Nothing but the ground left for you to fall to (Intro) D A G By July D Em G A You'd made a whole bunch of brand new friends G A People you used to look down on, D A G And you'd figured out a way to make real money D Em G A Given ends to your friends and it felt stupendous, G A Chrome spokes on your Japanese bike, Bb A But selling acid was a bad idea D G And selling it to a cop was a worse one D A D The new laws said that seventeen-year-olds could do federal time G you were the first one D G So I sing this song for you D G William Staniforth Donahue, D Asus4 Your grandfather rode the boat over from Ireland D G But you made a bad decision or two, yeah D A G Riff D Em G A D A G Riff D Em G A D