Mountain Goats

Adapted for solo guitar. 

 Instrumental 
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  A                D/A              F#m             D/F# 

Or can be played as power chords: 

A: 54xxxx 
D/A: 554xxx 
F#m: 25xxxx 
D/F#:24xxxx 

Instrumental 
A D/A F#m D/F# x2 

Verse 
A                               D/A                        F#m    D/F# 
Lately i've been spending more time with the mountain goats 
A                                D/A                  F#m    D/A 
On the drive to my parents I took all the back roads home 
A                         D/A                  F#m    D/F# 
I turned up the volume so I could hear the vocals 
A                                D/A             F#m    D/F# 
Over the hum of the wind tumbling in through the window 
A                                  D/A              F#m    D/A 
Over the Roar of the engine coming in off the open road 

Instrumental 
A D/A F#m D/F# x2 

Verse 
A                               D/A              F#m    D/F# 
Tucked away in an attic of a place on Aberdeen 
A                               D/A              F#m    D/F# 
With some books and a mattress and me off sweeping 
A                                   D/A                    F#m    D/F# 
As my thoughts would collect in the cracks between floorboards 
A                                          D/A                    F#m    D/A 
Taking stock of their plight they wonder what a life like this is good for 

 
A                         D/A              F#m    D/A 
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone 
A                         D/A              F#m    D/F# 
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone 
A                         D/A              F#m    D/A 
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone 
A                         D/A              F#m    D/F# 
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone 

Verse 
A                               D/A                    F#m    D/F# 
Under the weight of my feet, I feel the floorboards speaking 
A                                    D/A                    F#m    D/F# 
And at night while I read, I feel the street lights creep in 
A                                      D/A                  F#m    D/F# 
The only books that I brought were by children's authors 
A                               D/A                    F#m    D/A 
Like the one in which piglet is entirely surrounded by water 

Instrumental 
A D/A F#m D/F# x2 

Verse 
A                               D/A              F#m    D/F# 
In the rearview mirror, I see me on the highway 
A                             D/A                F#m    D/A 
With a tow rope tied to my chest and then driving away 
A                               D/A               F#m    D/F# 
Both lungs pulled tight as I fight to keep breathing 
A                                D/A                    F#m    D/A 
Having the wind knocked out of me seems like a tired cliche 

i>Chorus 
A                         D/A              F#m    D/A 
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone 
A                         D/A              F#m    D/F# 
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone 
A                         D/A              F#m    D/A 
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone 
A                         D/A              F#m    D/F# 
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone 

Instrumental 
A D/A F#m D/A 
A D/A F#m D/F# 
A D/A F#m D/A 
A D/A F#m D/F# 

Outro 
A  D/A  F#m  D/F# 
Ah oo oo oo / Oh oo oo oo