I don't think this is how he plays it on the album, but it sounds close enough.
Capo 1st fret.
Intro/Main Riff (E2*):
e--0--0--0--0
B--0--0--0--0
G--9--7--8--9
D--9--7--8--9
A--7--5--6--7
E--0--0--0--0
E 022100
E2 079900
A x02220
B x2444x
B6 x2644x (you can fudge it as x26xxx if that's too hard)
Bb x1333x
E2*
when i hear the screeching weather vane
E2
in the wild wind and the pissing rain
A
i know that one of us, i'm not saying who,
E
has got rocks in her head
the rain comes through the open
B A
window but you don't think so
E2
i sure do love you
E2*
i sure do love you
E2*
E2*
when i notice that the radio is broken
E2
i see you standing there in the doorway soaking
A
the water drizzles off of you down to the floor
E
and i say that i don't want to live in new england anymore
B B6 B
some flower petals stick to your skin
E2*
i grab hold of your hip, and i pull you in
E2* x2
E2*
when the building establishes control
E2 Bb A
when the thunder from the north begins to roll down our way
i know i've been right all along
E
and you start singing that stupid children's song
B
you think i don't know it
A
but i just don't feel like singing it
E2
sure do love you
E2*
i sure do love you
E2* E2* B E2* E2*
Orange Ball of Hate
by The Mountain Goats
tabbed by Jonathan Bliss
and Andy Moskowitz
Intro:
F (x forever) (with D# E note diddly)
F
when i hear the screeching weather vane
in the wild wind and the (p/h)issing rain
Bb
i know that one of us, i'm not saying who,
F
has got rocks in her head
the rain comes through the open
C Bb
window but you don't think so
F
i sure do love you (2x)
when i notice that the radio is broken
i see you standing there in the doorway soaking
the water drizzles off of you down to the floor
and i say that i don't want to live in new england anymore
some flower petals stick to your skin
i grab hold of your hip, and i pull you in
when the building establishes control
when the thunder from the north begins to roll down our way
i know i've been right all along
and you start singing that stupid children's song
you think i don't know it
but i just don't feel like singing it
sure do love you
i sure do love you
E (D-D#-E)
when i hear the screeching weather vane
E
in the wild wind and the hissing rain
A
i know that one of us, i'm not saying who,
E
has got rocks in her head
B
as the rain comes through the open window
A
but you don't think so
E
i sure do love you
E (D-D#-E)
i sure do love you
when i notice that the radio is broken
i see you standing there in the doorway soaking
the water drizzles off of you down to the floor
and i say that i don't want to live in new england anymore
some flower petals stick to your skin
i grab hold of your hip, and i pull you in
when the building establishes control
when the thunder from the north begins to roll down our way
i know i've been right all along
and you start singing that stupid children's song
you think i don't know it
but i just don't feel like singing it
sure do love you
i sure do love you