A G D A
A G D A
I got you, you've got whatever's left of me to get
A G D A
Our conversations are like minefields; no one's found a safe way through one yet
A G D A
I spend a lot of money, I buy you white gold
A G D E
We raise up a little roof against the cold
A A D
On Southwood Plantation Road
A D
Where at night the stars flow like milk across the sky
A E
Where the highwires drop
A D Dm
Where the fat crows fly
A G D A
A G D A
All night long, you giggle and scream
A G D A
Your brown eyes deeper than a dream
A G D A
I am not going to lose you; we are going to stay married in this
A G D E
house like a Louisiana graveyard where nothing stays buried
A A D
On Southwood Plantation Road
A D
Where the dead will walk again
A E
Put on your Sunday best
A D
And go with unsuspecting Christian men
Dm
La la la la la
A G D A
From 'The Sunset Tree' by the Mountain Goats.
Capo 2 - There are 2 chords in the original song that are
fairly difficult to transition to so I transposed the song
to make it easier for beginners.
All chords are capo relative.
Cadd9 = E--3
A--3
D--5
G--5
B--3
e--3
VERSE:
G D
I broke free on a Saturday morning
C G
I put the pedal to the floor
G D
Headed north on Mills Avenue
C G
And listened to the engine roar
G Bm Cadd9 G
G D C G
G D
My broken house behind me and good things ahead
C G
A girl named Cathy wants a little of my time
G D
Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking
C G
Ahah, listen to the engine whine
CHORUS:
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
G Bm Cadd9 G
G D C G
VERSE:
G D
I played video games in a drunken haze
C G
I was 17 years young
G D
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
C G
The taste of scotch rich on my tongue
G Bm Cadd9 G
G D C G
G D
And then Cathy showed up and we hung out
C G
Trading swigs from a bottle, all bitter and clean
G D
Locking eyes, holding hands
C G
Twin high maintenance machines
CHORUS:
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
BRIDGE:
Em G
I drove home in the California dusk
Em G
I could feel the alcohol inside of me hum
Em G
Pictured the look on my stepfather's face
C D
Ready for the bad things to come
VERSE:
G D
I down-shifted as I pulled into the driveway
C G
The motor screaming out, stuck in second gear
G D
The scene ends badly, as you might imagine
C G
In a cavalcade of anger and fear
G D C D
There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year
CHORUS:
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
G D
I am going to make it through this year
C G
If it kills me
G Bm Cadd9 G
G D C G
Tabbed by FlyOnTheWall
While the above version is fine and dandy if you want to play on piano, here's the best way to do it on guitar. The result is actually a very beautiful song.
Capo 1
Standard Chords
G A C D
G A C D
G A
For several days the visitors were here
C D
We saw them turn down and we watched them disappear
G A
Talked about the days they said were sure to come
C D
Had a hard time believing
G F Em C
G F Em C
G A
I remember seeing you, my tongue struck dumb
C D
When you first came here from wherever it was you came from
G A
The power in your voice, your rough touch
C D
You keeping care of me, keeping watch
Em
Open up
A
The doors to the tent
C D
Wonder where the good times went
G F
I will do what you ask me to do
Em C
Because of how I feel about you
G F Em C
G F Em C
G A
I saw his little face contract as his eyes met light
C D
Try to imagine anything so bright
G A
You only see it once, and it sails under the dawn
C D
And then it's gone forever
G F Em C
G F Em C
G A
For several hours we lay there, lasts one of our kind
C D
Harder days coming maybe, I don't mind
G A
Sounds kind of dumb, when I tell you but it's true
C D
I would do anything for you
Em
Open up
A
The promise of the day
C D
And drive the dark things away
G F
I will do what you ask me to do
Em C
Because of how I feel about you
G F Em C
G F Em C
G
New thought of the moment!
Thinking is producing thoughts!
THOUGHTS!
I might put a little "Enable embeded content" toggle at the top and leave the embeded items out until it is switched to On -- the youtube stuff pulls in all kinds of ads and crap.... might put a toggle for the Disqus comments as well, we shall see.
I haven't put pagination in yet
Well that's weird.... Might need to heavility configure CKEditor..
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Don't use them. (Should remove that tool...)
CKEditor seems OK, but I need some better embed functionality.
Looks like I'll need to wrap the embed responsive code around the iframe only :-/
Hmmm...
dang.. if I put a video in with the bootstrap class it wont render the comment it right :-/
Hmm...
Well, done editing this for the day.
This site uses the Slim framework (v3) -- pretty nifty for sticking simple sites together.
Also -- All your thoughts will belong to us.
Remember, everyone:
one more thought on that
New thought!