Exegetic Chains chords by The Mountain Goats

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) Look closely at the shadows
At the ground beneath
C 
Bm 
C 
the trees  (C major)  (B minor)  (C major) 
The labors of Hercules
G 
 (G major) 

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

Interlude 1

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

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

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