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
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@Mountain Goats "Source Decay" - written by john darnielle tabbed by Russ Sweetser [email protected] ------------------------------------------
E--A--E---A E Once a week I make the drive F#A two hours east to check the Austin post office box. EF# I take the detour through our old neighborhood, AB see all the Chevy Impalas in their front yards up on blocks, AB and I park in an alley and I read through the postcards EA that you continue to send: F#A where as indirectly as you can you ask what I remember. EB I like these torture devices from my old best friend. C# Well I'll tell you what I know F# like I swore I always would -- AB I don't think it's gonna do you any good: EAEABAE I remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward the water.
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E I always get a late start, F# when the sun's going down A and the traffic's thinning out E and the glare is hard to take. I wish the EF# West Texas highway was a Möbius strip -- AB I could ride it out forever. When I feel my heart break, AB I almost swear I hear it happen, it's that clear and that hard. EA I come in off the highway and I park in my front yard. C# I fall out of the car F# like a hostage from a plane, A think of you a while and B start wishing it would rain. EAEABAE I remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward the water.
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E I come into the house, F# put on a pot of coffee, AE walk the floors a little while. EF# I set the postcard on a table with all the others like it, AB start sorting through the pile. A I check the pictures and the postmarks B and the captions and the stamps EA for signs of any pattern at all. F#A When I come up empty-handed, the feeling almost overwhelms me. EB I let a few of my defenses fall C#F# and I smile a bitter smile -- it's not a pretty thing to see -- AB I think about a railroad platform back in 1983 EAEAB AE and I remember the train headed south out of Bangkok down toward toward the water