Hopeful Assassins of Zeno chords by The Mountain Goats
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Verse 1
(D major) Get tired of coming in (A major) from
the mountains every year (B flat major)
Find some place (A major) to set (G major) up shop
around here (D major)
Spread out a little, (A major) circulate
A log (B flat major) that floats down river
(G major) Will certainly take on weight
Meet (C major) some people,
Verse 2
(F major) (B flat major) make (D major) some friends
(C major) How long till we get sent back
to the mountain (B flat major) s? (A major)
It all depends
On the (D major) hopeful
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Verse 3
And the cunning (B flat major)
(G minor) And the faithful
(G major) The well- (B flat major) po sitioned (A major)
Filthy but graceful (D major)
Verse 4
(D major)
Get familiar (A major) with affairs of state (B flat major)
Foretell the future
(G major) Get a pretty good success rate (D major)
Notch some wins, (A major) take some losses
Be (B flat major) nice to the guys who (G major) wear
necklaces with crosses
They (C major) will stab you in the back (F major)
You (B flat major) gotta turn the other (D major) cheek
Verse 5
You (C major) gotta learn to love Jesus,
(B flat major) so (A major) to speak
Verse 6
(A major)
Like the hopeful (D major)
And the cunning
(B flat major) (G major) And the faithful
The well- po (B flat major) sitioned (A major)
Filthy but graceful (D major)
Verse 7
(D major)
Real (F major) filthy, (E flat major) think about getting (D major) clean
Even (F major) hear the soldiers talk about it,
(E flat major) down at the canteen (B flat major) (A major)
(D major) Little kings keep coming,
(A major) one another's head (B flat major)
Which is exactly how the
(G major) portends read (D major)
Watch with wonder
(A major) Fail to discern (B flat major)
(G major) These people never learn
(C major) How long till the snake devours (F major) its tail?
(B flat major) Longer than (D major) we think
Verse 8
(D major)
Still it's (C major) gotta happen sometime (B flat major)
Until then, raise (A major) a drink
Verse 9
(A major)
To the (D major) hopeful
And the cunning
(B flat major) (G minor) And the faithful
(G major) The well- (B flat major) po sitioned (A major)
Filthy but (D major) graceful
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Hopeful Assassins of Zeno
The Mountain Goats
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