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"Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums"
The Mountain Goats
Zopilote Machine
Transcribed by Jon A.

Tune down a whole step (low to high: D/G/C/F/A/D)


Main riff:
D-2-----2-2---2-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0---|-3-----3-3---3-3-----------------
A-3-----3-3---3-3-----------------|-3-----3-3---3-3-3-2-0---0---2---
F-2-----2-2---2-2-----------------|-0-----0-0---0-0-------2---------
C-0-----0-0---0-0-----------------|-0-----0-0---0-0-----------------
G---------------------------------|-2-----2-2---2-2-----------------
D---------------------------------|-3-----3-3---3-3-----------------
  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 

D                                 A
  I meant to leave the house this morning
           D                G
  And begin making my way toward where you are
D                                 A
  I meant to leave the house this morning
            D                 G
  I made it halfway across the front yard

D                        G
  But the plum tree hung heavy in my head
D                        Bb         A
  And the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
D                        G     A
  And the plum tree hung heavy over me


So I tore off to the phone
To call you and tell you something, but I couldn't remember what
Because through the clean, clean windows
I saw the plum tree's leaves, as red as fresh blood

And the plum tree hung heavy in my head 
And the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
And the plum tree hung heavy over me

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Quetzalcoatl Eats Plums
by The Mountain Goats
tabbed by Jonathan Bliss
      and Andy Moskowitz

  C chord diddly     F chord diddly
 e---------------   e--------------
 B-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-   B--1-0-------0-
 G-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-   G------2-0-2---
 D-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-   D--------------
 A-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-   A--------------
 E---------------   E--------------

 C F (x hella)

 C G
 i meant to leave the house this morning
 C F
 and begin making my way toward where you are
 C G
 i meant to leave the house this morning
 C F
 i made it halfway across the front yard

 C F
 but the plum tree hung heavy in my head
 C G# G
 and the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
 C F G C
 and the plum tree hung heavy over me

 C G
 so i tore off to the phone
 C F
 to call you and tell you something, but i couldn't remember what
 C G
 because through the clean, clean windows
 C F
 saw the plum tree's leaves, as red as fresh blood

 C F
 and the plum tree hung heavy in my head
 C G# (G? i assume without listening)
 and the plum tree hung heavy in my heart
 C F G C
 and the plum tree hung heavy over me