The Mountain Goats
Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod
Standard tuning if you want to match the live version,
as seen here: https://youtu.be/wRrXIZc7Lq4
Capo 1 if you prefer to match the key used in the album version.
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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You are sleeping off your demons
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When I come home
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Spittle bubbling on your lips
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Fine white foam
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I am young and I am good
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It's a hot southern California day
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If I wake you up
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There will be hell to pay
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And alone in my room
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I am the last of a lost civilization
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And I vanish into the dark
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And rise above my station
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Rise above my station
[Bridge]
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[Verse 2]
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But I do wake you up, and when I do
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You blaze down the hall and you scream
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I'm in my room with the headphones on
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Deep in the dream chamber
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And then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face
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Hoping you don't break my stereo
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Because it's the one thing that I couldn't live without
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And so I think about that, and then I sorta black out
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Held under these smothering waves
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By your strong and thick-veined hand
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But one of these days
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I'm gonna wriggle up on dry land
[Outro]
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