the Mountain Goats Wiki

User Tools

Site Tools

Trace: • in_memory_of_satan • naming_day • wild_sage • lizard_suit • outer_scorpion_squadron
tabs:wild_sage

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revision Previous revision
Next revision 		Previous revision
tabs:wild_sage [2011/10/06 07:38]
bairdcharles 		tabs:wild_sage [2021/08/24 21:42] (current)
Line 6: Line 6:
  
 G                                     A7 G                                     A7
-i leave the house as soon as it gets light outside+I leave the house as soon as it gets light outside
 C               G C               G
-like a prisoner breaking out of jail+Like a prisoner breaking out of jail
 G                            A7 G                            A7
-and i steal down to business 15-501+And I steal down to business 15-501
 C                   G C                   G
-like i had a bounty hunter on my tail+Like I had a bounty hunter on my tail
               D                D 
-and somebody stops to pick me up+And somebody stops to pick me up
         C         C
-but he drops me off just down the block +But he drops me off just down the block
  
                   G      Em                   G      Em
-and along the highway+And along the highway
            C             G            C             G
-where the empty spirits breed+Where the empty spirits breed
            D              G            D              G
-wild sage growing in the weeds+Wild sage growing in the weeds
  
 +Walk down the soft shoulder and I count my steps
 +Headed vaguely eastward, sun in my eyes
 +And I lose my footing and I skin my hands breaking my fall
 +And I laugh to myself and look up at the skies
 +And then I think I hear angels in my ears
 +Like marbles being thrown against a mirror
  
- +And along the highway 
-walk down the soft shoulder and i count my steps +Where unlucky stray dogs bleed 
- +Wild sage growing in the weeds
-headed vaguely eastward, sun in my eyes +
- +
-and i lose my footing and i skin my hands breaking my fall +
- +
-and i laugh to myself and look up at the skies +
- +
- +
- +
-and then i think i hear angels in my ears +
- +
-like marbles being thrown against a mirror +
- +
-and along the highway +
- +
-where unlucky stray dogs bleed +
- +
-wild sage growing in the weeds +
  
 F        C                   G            F        C F        C                   G            F        C
-and somedays i don't miss my family+And somedays I don't miss my family
                 G       F                 G       F
-and somedays i do+And somedays I do
      C                     G                 Em      C                     G                 Em
-somedays i think i'd feel better if i tried harder+Somedays I think I'd feel better if I tried harder
 C                          D7 C                          D7
-most days i know it's not true+Most days I know it's not true
  
 +I lay down right where I felt cold grass in my face
 +And I hear the traffic like the rhythm of the tides
 +And I stare at the scrape on the heel of my hand
 +Till it doesn't sting so much and until the blood's dried
 +And when somebody asks if I'm okay
 +I don't know what to say
  
- +And along the highway 
-i lay down right where i felt cold grass in my face +From cast off innumerable seeds 
- +Wild sage growing in the weeds
-and i hear the traffic like the rhythm of the tides +
- +
-and i stare at the scrape on the heel of my hand +
- +
-til it doesn't sting so much and until the blood's dried +
- +
- +
- +
-and when somebody asks if i'm ok +
- +
-i don't know what to say +
- +
-and along the highway +
- +
-from cast off innumerable seeds +
- +
-wild sage growing in the weeds+
  
 F   C   G F   C   G
Line 84: Line 60:
  
 </code> </code>
-[[http://custom-essay.ws/index.php|essay paper]] 
- 
  
tabs/wild_sage.1317911936.txt.gz · Last modified: 2021/08/24 21:42 (external edit)

Page Tools

Except where otherwise noted, content on this wiki is licensed under the following license: CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International
CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International Donate Powered by PHP Valid HTML5 Valid CSS Driven by DokuWiki