The Mountain Goats are an American band formed in Claremont, California, by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. The band is currently based in Durham, North Carolina. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle, despite the plural moniker. The Mountain Goats are, for all practical purposes, the endlessly clever and prolific John Darnielle and whatever musicians he surrounds himself with, which means that while the soundscape may change from project to project
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This is how John plays it. He uses all barred chords but you might be able to play it capo 3 if you can transpose.
Intro: CmEbF x2
CmEbFCm Pulled off the highway in Missouri and low our hearts were heavy laid EbF Made for the chapel with some spray paint for all the things we'd held in Cm secret
FCm Lord lift up these lifeless bones FCmFG Light cascading through the windows all the rainbow's heavy tones
CmG# He has fixed his sign in the sky CmGCm He has raised me from the pit and set me high
CmEbFCm Left that place in ruin, drunk on the Spirit and high on fumes EbF Checked into a Red Roof in stayed up for several hours and then slept like Cm infants
FCm In the burning fuselage of my days FCmFG Let my mouth be ever fresh with praise
CmG# He has fixed his sign in the sky CmGCm He has raised me from the pit and set me high
FCm Each morning new FCm Each day shot through FCmG# With all the sharps small shards of shrapnel CmG that seem to burst of me and you
CmEbFCm Head down towards kansas We will get there when we get there don't you worry EbF Feel bad about the things we do along the way Cm But not really that bad
FCm We inhaled the frozen air FCmFG Lord send me a mechanic if I'm not beyond repair
CmG# He has fixed his sign in the sky CmGCm He has raised me from the pit and set me high