The Mountain Goats - Distant Stations
All Hail West Texas (2002)
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
e|-2--x-2----2----------------|
B|-3--x-3--3-3-3-3--3-3--3-3--|
G|-2--x-2--2-2-2-4--4-2--2-0--| x4
D|-0--x-0--0-0-0-0--0-0--0-0--|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
Only thing I didn't include is over top of "distant stations" he does a quick A chord in between the
G and Bm chords.
D G
I found an old rock
D G
In the dry dirt outside
(G) A D
The door of my motel room
(D) G
It was a triangle with soft rounded edges
D G
And a split down the middle of one corner
(G) A
It was darker than english moss
D G
Green like the soft frill's of a peacock's plume
(G) A
I waited for you
D G
But I never told you where I was
E A
It was you who taught me how
D Bm
To write these kinds of equations
G A
I waited on the steps for you
D G
And I hid in the bushes whenever a car pulled into the parking lot
E A Bm G
You taught me how to listen to these distant stations
Bm G
Distant stations
Bm G A D
(D) G
I saw the sky break
D G
I threw a rock at a crow who was playing In the mulches and rose bushes by the motel
D A D
office. Missed him by a good yard or two
(D) G
I sang old songs from nowhere
D G
Los Angeles, Albuquerque
(G) A
Said a small prayer for the poor and the naked and the hungry
D G
And I prayed real hard for you
(G) A
I waited for you
D G
But I never told you where I was
E A
It was you who taught me how
D Bm
To write this kind of equation
G A
I waited on the steps for you
D G
And I hid in the bushes whenever I saw a car pulled into the parking lot
E A Bm G
You taught me how to listen to these distant stations
Bm G
Distant stations
Bm G A D
