Exegetic Chains chords by The Mountain Goats

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Verse 1
G 
Look closely at the shadows
At the ground beneath
C 
Bm 
C 
the trees
The labors of Hercules
G 

Verse 2

Wild grasses on the hills

Rippling in the wind

Cybele unchained

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Verse 3

The songs you sing at Christmas time

The stories that you tell

Well I knew them well

Yes I knew them well

Verse 4
D 
Say your prayers to whomever
Bm 
C 
You call out to in the night
Bm 
E 
Bm 
Keep the chains tight
E 
Em 
E 
Bm 
D 
Make it through this year
C 
If it kills you outright

Interlude 1

Verse 5
G 
The coins they toss at dancers
Bm 
C 
Whirling in the city square
G 
Music on the air
The places where we met to share
Bm 
C 
Our secrets now and then
G 
We will see them again
D 
Change will come

Verse 6
G 
C 
Stay warm inside the ripple
G 
C 
Of the Panasonic hum
It grinds
Bm 
And it roars
D 
C 
D 
C 
Headed somewhere better
If I have to crawl there on all fours
D 
Say your prayers to

Verse 7
whomever
C 
You call out to in the night
Bm 
C 
Bm 
C 
Bm 
Keep the chains tight
D 
Make it through this year
C 
F 
If it kills us outright
C 