The Mountain Goats

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The Mountain Goats

Key: Bb

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Bb                                   Gm 
Do every stupid thing that makes you feel alive 
Eb              Bb              Eb              F 
Do every stupid thing to try to drive the dark away 
Bb                                Gm 
Let people call you crazy for the choices that you make 
Eb                      Bb             Eb                   F   
Find limits past the limits, jump in front of trains all day 
         Eb 
And stay alive 
          Bb 
Just stay alive 
Bb Bb/A Eb Bb 

Bb                       Gm 
Play with matches if you think you need to play with matches 
Eb                   Bb               Eb                       F 
Seek out the hidden places where the fire burns hot and bright 
Bb                                    Gm 
Find where the heat's unbearable and stay there if you have to 
Eb             Bb           Eb            F 
Don't hurt anybody on your way up to the light 
          Eb 
And stay alive 
          Gm 
Just stay alive 

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Ebm                                  Bb 
People might laugh at your tattoos 
Ebm                                            F  
When they do get new ones in completely garish hues 

Bb                       Gm 
I hide down in my corner because I like my corner 
Eb   Bb          Eb         F 
I am happy where the vermin play 
Bb                                 Gm 
Make up magic spells, we wear them like protective shells 
Eb                Bb           Eb               F 
Land-mines on the battlefield, find the one safe way 
          Eb 
And stay alive 
          Gm 
Just stay alive 
           Bb   Bb/A   Eb    Bb 
Just stay aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
	        

Written by John Darnielle

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