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Sail Babylon Springs
by The Mountain Goats
tabbed by Jonathan Bliss
      and Andy Moskowitz

D C-D (4x)
D
meanwhile downstairs
C
i'm setting up shop
G
a little too proud
Em
to let the matter drop

and i can hear you up there,
isn't it romantic?
you're huffing and puffing rearranging
deck chairs on the titanic

D
and i reach for a glass
Em
of cool water drawn
G-A D
from the rivers of babylon.

Gm D (2x)
G D (2x)

D C-D (2x)

meanwhile outside,
the stars have come out.
and the humid summer air
pulls at the ring in my snout.

and you stand at your window looking down,
and i spread wide my arms.
jump if you want to jump, jump if you want to.
the water's warm.

i know.
i know 'cause i've been swimming.
blindly along through the rivers of babylon.