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Mountain Goats - Commandante - from "devil in the shortwave"
tabbed by Russ Sweetser
ruxxell@comcast.net

you can capo the first fret and play
G D C G Em G D G
G D C G Em G D D
C G C G B C D
C G C G B D C G
(you get the idea)

          G#                      D#
i'm gonna drink more whiskey than brendan behan.
              C#                         G#
and i'm gonna send my belongings all to tripoli.
              Fm            G#
and i'm gonna ride home to california
D#     C#          G#
with a banjo on my knee.

    G#                        D#
i'm never gonna turn off the television.
               C#              G#
i'm just gonna let it run all night.
          Fm                       G#
i'm gonna plant root vegetables out in the backyard
         D#                    D#
and come summer i am going to treat you right
   C#                        G#
so put on your chairman mao coat
    C#               G#
and let me clear my throat
     C                    C#
lets turn this whole town upside down 
                                        D#
and shake it 'til the coins come falling out of its pockets,
     C#                       G#
yeah put on your che guevara pin.
C#                  G#
call the troops on in.
            C                     D#           C#              G#
we're gonna sail through the night sky like a pair of bottle rockets.

        G#                        D#       
i got a great big secret written down somewhere.
        C#                    G# 
i got a rosary to protect us both from harm.
        Fm                     G#
i got a storage locker full of cow figurines
      D#                          D#
and a laundry list of grievances longer than my arm.
         C#                   G#
and i am never going back to cincinatti.
         C#                                     G#
all those bridges have been burned down to the ground.
          C#                       G#
i got the jet pack strapped to my back
         D#                       D#
and i am waiting for you to come around.
     C#                        G#
yeah put on your chairman mao coat
    C#               G#
and let me clear my throat
     C                    C#
lets turn this whole town upside down 
    C#                                     D#
and shake it 'til the coins come falling out of its pockets,
     C#                       G#
yeah put on your che guevara pin.
   C#              G#
call the troops on in.
            C                D#    N.C                        G#
we're gonna sail through the night sky like a pair of bottle rockets.

G# C# G# C# G# D# C# G# Fm G# D# G# etc.