Birth of Serpents chords by The Mountain Goats

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (A major)  (D major) Let the  (A major)  (D major) cam (A major) era  (G major) pull back 'til the full (A major) ness
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of the frame  (Asus4) is       clear  (A major) and plain  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Peer  (A major) into  (D major) the screen  (A major) until  (G major) you see it all
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 (A major) like a vision in a crystal ball  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E major) 
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Let it all fill with smoke  (A major) 
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Is this some (D major) body's idea
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of a joke  (G major)  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Let the  (A major) fixer  (D major) work  (A major) until  (G major) the silver's washed away
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 (A major) and take the picture from the tray  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (D major) Look  (A major) hard at  (D major) what you  (A major) see and then  (G major) remem (A major) ber
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you  (Asus4) an (A major) d me  (D major)  (A major) and let the truth  (D major) spring  (A major) free  (E major) 

Verse 2
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Like a jack- in- the- box  (A major) 
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 (D major) Like a hundred- thousand
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cuckoo  (G major) clocks
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From the Oregon corner (A major) s  (D major) 
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To the Iowa corn  (G major) 
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To the rooms with the heat  (A major) lamps
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where the snakes  (D major) get born

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Verse 3
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Crawl  (D major) through  (A major) the  (D major) tun (A major) nel and fol (G major) low,
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 (A major) follow the light northwest  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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See  (D major) that  (A major)  (D major) young  (A major) man who dwell (G major) s inside his
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body  (A major) like an uninvited guest  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (F sharp minor) 
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 (F sharp major) See the tunnel twist  (B minor) 
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 (E major) Clutch your birthright in your fist  (A major) 
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 (D major) Let the  (A major)  (D major) cam (A major) era  (G major) do its dirty  (A major) work
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down there in the dark  (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) 
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Sink  (D major) low,  (A major)  (D major) rise high,  (A major) bring back  (G major) some blurry pictures to
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remem (A major) ber all your darker moments by
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Verse 4
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 (E major) Permanent bruises on our knees  (A major) 
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Never forget  (D major) what it felt like to
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live in room (G major) s  like these
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From the California coastline  (A major) 
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 (D major) To the Iowa corn  (G major) 
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To the rooms with the heat  (A major) lamps where the snakes
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 (D major) get born