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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