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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