Getting Into Knives chords by The Mountain Goats
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Intro 1
(D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 1
I hit the cul- (D major) de- sac (A major)
on the spir (B minor) itual path (G major) (D major)
Retraced (A major) my steps back home (B minor) (G major)
But the house burned down
before I got (D major) there
And I found (A major) myself alone
(B minor) (G major)
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Verse 2
(D major)
I tried to keep (A major) things in perspect (B minor) ive (G major) (D major)
As I hunted (A major) down the perpetrator
(B minor) (G major) Loaded up my (D major) toolkit with
every hateful instrument
Now here (A major) we are thirty years later (B minor)
I'm (G major) getting into knives
Verse 3
(D major) (A major) (G major)
I'm getting into (D major) knives (A major) (G major)
I've been up (D major) and down the buffet
(B minor) (A major) (G major) several different times
(D major) I'm adjusting my focus,
(A major) I'm getting into knives
(B minor) (G major)
Verse 4
(D major)
I sought wis (A major) dom from
the sages (B minor) (D major)
Consul (A major) ted with master tacti (B minor) cians (G major)
Met up with some guys who wouldn't
tell (D major) me their last names
They specialized in (A major) non-
conventional muni (B minor) tions
Verse 5
(D major)
Stayed on the scent (A major) like
a blood (B minor) hound (G major) (D major)
Followed the clues (A major) where
they led (B minor) (G major)
Taste of hot ashes on my tongue (D major) all day
I took (A major) my rifle with me to bed
(B minor)
Verse 6
But I'm getting into (G major) knives
(D major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (E minor)
I'm (D major) getting into knives (A major) (G major) (E minor)
(A major) It's a gift (B minor) to be sim (A major) ple,
it's a gift (G major) to be free
(D major) I'm adjusting my focus,
(A major) I'm getting into knives
(B minor)
Verse 7
(C major)
Held to my vision all (G major) these (B minor) days (F sharp major)
While stray signals kept flooding
(B minor) the switchboard (G major)
Came all this way for hun (D major) ger
Verse 8
May I be worthy of my reward
(A major) I (D major) stood at the door,
(A major) and I listene (B minor) d (G major) (D major)
Rustled through my ruck (A major) sack
as (B minor) quiet as I could (G major)
You can't give me back what
you've taken (D major)
But you can give me something
(A major) that's almost as good
(B minor)
Verse 9
I'm (G major) getting into knives (D major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
I am (D major) getting into knives (A major) (G major)
(E minor) Behold, I stand (D major) at the door, (B minor)
and I knock (A major) , (G major) and then I knock twice
(D major) I've adjusted my focus,
(A major) I'm getting into knives
Outro 1
(D major) (A major) (B minor) (D major) (A major)
(D major)
Getting Into Knives
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