The Mountain Goats

In The Shadow Of The Western Hills(Chords)

The Mountain Goats

Key: Dm

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	        Intro: Dm Dmmaj7 G C B/C Dm 


Verse: 1 
 Dm             Dmmaj7           G 
Spread out the old maps on the floor 
  C        B/C          Dm 
Plot the course of the infection 
  Dm          Dmmaj7           G 
Trace from its beginnings to the present 
C        B/C                              Dm 
Is there no one here who's making this connection? 

C                      Dm 
Feral cats out by the trashcans 
         C                         Am 
To the true believer everything's a sign 
                                G 
Scrape the pigments from the baseboards 
Asus4     A           Dm 
In the shadow of the western hills 
Dm                         Bb   A 
And paint my vision on my body 
A                            Dm 
In the shadow of the western hills 


Verse: 2 
Dm             Dmmaj7           G 
Bleak rose-petal sky in two dimensions 
C                   B/C                    Dm 
Black tree line a blade that cuts across it all 
Dm            Dmmaj7                  G 
Can't seem to sleep or find my appetite 
C          B/C                  Dm 
Since I got home from the hospital 

G                    Dm 
Call up Rebecca maybe try to explain 
G 
But she hangs up while I'm still talking 
      Asus4           A 
I walk out into the rain 

Dm           Dmmaj7            G 
Wander from the alley to the darkness 
C        B/C          Dm 
Sink down completely leave no trace 
Dm            Dmmaj7            G 
Trapped beneath the surface of the ice again 
C                 B/C                Dm 
Lie still with the moonlight on my face 

C                                 Dm 
Wait for the wolves to keep their promise 
C                                  A 
Listen for their footfalls on the snow 
                                  G      Asus4 
I can't hear things clearly to be honest 
A                                Dm 
In the shadow of the western hills 
B                                  A 
He gets most healed that waits the longest 
                                  Dm 
In the shadow of the western hills 


Outro: Dm Dmmaj7 G C B/C Dm (x2)
	        

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