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"Going to Monaco"
The Mountain Goats
Transmissions to Horace/Bitter Melon Farm

Transcribed by Jon A.

Tune down one whole step (D/G/C/F/A/D)

A     - x02220
Asus2 - x02200
Asus4 - x02230
D7    - xx0212
B     - x24442
D     - xx0232

Intro: A  Asus2 Asus4 Asus2  A (play four times)

A
 Sea gobbles up the full sun and I,
 I look at you and I know you're the one
       D7
 The one I used to know something about
             A
 And I try to say what it was, but the words won't come out
            B               D
 And you ask me to hold you
                            A
 That's the devil's work

A  Asus2 Asus4 Asus2  A (play twice)

You show your palms and I see they're empty and I'd
Check them twice, if you'd let me
But you wouldn't do that, now would you?
I didn't think so
And you ask me to hold you
That's the devil's work

A  Asus2 Asus4 Asus2  A (play three times)

We stand on the sand and we watch the world turn and we
Stand on the sand and we watch the water burn and we
Stand on the sand six inches from one another
And the sands burn and blow and neither one of runs for cover
And you ask me to hold you
That's the devils' work
And you ask me to hold you
That's the devil's work