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+=====New Britain=====
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-New Britain
+Transcribed by Jon A. and Rosa
-by The Mountain Goats
-tabbed by Jonathan Bliss
-      and Andy Moskowitz
- Intro:Eb
+Note on the tuning: This song sounds a half-step higher on the record, but John was kind enough to confirm that
+it's meant to be played in straight up DADGAD. You can put a capo on the first fret if you want to play along
+with the record.
- G Ab
+DADGAD Tuning:
- you've had it up to here with my west country talk
- Eb
- you can hardly understand a word i say
- G Ab
- the shortest tree around here is a hundred feet tall
- Eb
- it's gonna rain today
- G Ab Eb
+D5:            000200
+Bsus2:         x24444
+Csus2:         x35555
+D7:            000230
+Gsus2:         500000
+Gsus2/F#:      400000
+Gsus2/E:       200000
- G Ab
+Standard Tuning:
- i try and tell you secrets 'til my face turns blue
- Eb
- i am not getting through to you
- G
- all the way across the ocean
- Ab
- they're gathering their strength again
- Eb
- lining up along the country's length again
- Ab Bb Eb
- this morning i know who you are
- this morning i know who you are
- on the river, the sun is bright gold
+D:             x0023x
- and the things you try to say to me make my blood run cold
+Bsus2:         x24422
- but i hold you anyway, and we stare into the sun all day
+Csus2:         x35533
- and you're about to leave again
+D7:            x0021x
- i've learned to read your movements
+Gsus2:         30003x
- and i'm learning how to read your mind
+Gsus2/F#:      20003x
- the sun climbs up the sky for us above the mississippi
+Gsus2/E:       00003x
- and i feel you in my arms, but you're hardly even with me
- this morning i know who you are
+D5
- this morning i know who you are
+Bsus2                                Csus2
+    You've had it up to here with my west country talk
+        D5
+You can hardly understand a word I say
+Bsus2                                Csus2
+    The shortest tree around here is a hundred feet tall
+D5
+    It's gonna rain today
+Bsus2                              Csus2
+D5                                 D7             D5
+I try and tell you secrets 'til my face turns blue
+I am not getting through to you
+All the way across the ocean, they're gathering their strength again
+Lining up along the country's length again
+Gsus2                   Gsus2/F#    Gsus2/E
+    This morning I know
+             D5
+Who you are
+This morning I know
+Who you are
+On the river, the sun is bright gold
+And the things you try to say to me make my blood run cold
+But I hold you anyway
+And we stare into the sun all day
+And you're about to leave again
+I've learned to read your movements
+And I'm learning how to read your mind
+The sun climbs up the sky for us above the Mississippi
+And I feel you in my arms, but you're hardly even with me
+This morning I know
+Who you are
+This morning I know
+Who you are
+Gsus2               Gsus2/F#    Gsus2/E
+D7     D5           D7          D5
+Gsus2               Gsus2/F#    Gsus2/E
+D5
+Gsus2               Gsus2/F#    Gsus2/E
+D5
+Gsus2               Gsus2/F#    Gsus2/E
+D5
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