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"Resonant Bell World"
The Mountain Goats
Beautiful Rat Sunset

Transcribed by Jon A.

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

F6/9(sus2)/C - x33033
Em7/B        - x22033
G            - 320033

Intro:
F6/9(sus2)/C
Em7/B
G

(This repeats through the entire song. Keep your ring and pinky fingers planted on the third fret of the top two strings throughout
and hit the first string in between chords every so often.)

Sometimes you're a starling
Sometimes you're a kite
You're a hyena from early to mid-afternoon
You're a stray dog at night

It's the most amazing thing I've ever seen
How you will not act like a human being

When you put on your special coat
And you made your special lunge for my throat
Between you and me,
It was, it was really exciting

It's the most alarming thing I've ever seen
How you will not act like a human being
It's the most incredible thing I've ever seen
How you refuse to act like a human being

In the starlight