The Mountain Goats é o projeto musical do canto/compositor e guitarrista John Darnielle. A revista The New Yorker referiu a ele como "Melhor compositor não-hip-hop da América". No artigo de junho de 2006, revista Paste nominou Darnielle um dos "100 melhores compositores ao vivo". As letras de Darnielle são literais e repletas com imaginário com referências da literatura clássica, religião e mitologia, cultura pop, arte, e história. Outros possuem vagas referências ao seu padrasto
Quatro anos de trabalho duro!Neste mês de maio fizemos quatro anos no ar. Continuamos trabalhando na divulgação deste maravilhoso instrumento, obrigado por participar da nossa história!
There’s something a little weird about the the C chords. I think John adds a high G on the first string), but I’m not sure.
Intro: C, F, C, F
[Verse 1] C Got up before dawn FCF Went down to the racetrack C Riding with the windows down FCF Shortly after your first heart attack. AmC You parked behind the paddock, AmC Cracking asphalt underfoot, AmC Coming up through the cracks
[Chorus] GC Pale green things, pale green things
C, F, C, F
[Verse 2] C You watched the horses run their workouts FCF You held your stopwatch in your left hand C And a Racing Form beneath your arm FCF Casting your gaze way out to no man's land AmC Sometimes I'll meet you out there AmC Lonely and frightened AmC Flicking my tongue out at the wet leaves
[Chorus] GC Pale green things, pale green things
C, F, C, F, C, F, C, F, Am, C, Am, C, Am, C, G, C
[Verse 3] C My sister called at 3 AM FCF Just last December C She told me how you'd died at last, at last. FCF That morning at the racetrack was one thing that I remembered AmC I turned it over in my mind AmC Like a living Chinese finger trap AmC Seaweed in Indiana sawgrass