Spent Gladiator 2 chords by The Mountain Goats

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Em 
F 
 (C major) Like a spent  (E minor) gla (F major) diator,
E 
 (E major) 
Am 
C 
Crawl (A minor) ing in the Colosseum dust,  (C major) 
Em 
E 
F 
E 
Who can count  (E minor) on  his  (E major) remain (F major) ing  (E major) limbs,
Am 
 (A minor) 
All the people he can trust.
E 
F 
Like  (E major) the one who stands behind  (F major) him,
E 
Am 
 (E major)  (A minor) 
Cheering him on.
E 
F 
E 
 (E major) Ecstatic when he stand (F major) s defiant,  (E major) 
Am 
Dm 
Am 
 (A minor) Wild with aban (D minor) don when he's gone.  (A minor) 

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Verse 2

Just stay alive.

Keep your eyes on the

pay line.

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) 
Em 
F 
E 
Like a  (E minor) vil lage on  (F major) the steppe,  (E major) 
Am 
 (A minor) About to get collectivized.
C 
Em 
When the  (C major) men emerge with rifles  (E minor) 
F 
E 
Am 
 (F major) from the haystack,  (E major)  (A minor) 
A 
Am 
Every (A major) body looks  (A minor) surprised.
C 
Em 
F 
E 
 (C major) Like the mice  (E minor) in  the for (F major) gotten grain,  (E major) 
Am 
A 
 (A minor) Way up on the top  (A major) shelf.
Am 
 (A minor) Like someone who's found
E 
F 
E 
 (E major) a small town to escape  (F major) to,  (E major) 
Am 
A 
Keeps one eye  (A minor) on  his  (A major) abandoned,
Am 
 (A minor) former self.

Verse 4
F 
Stay in the  (F major) game.
C 
G 
Dm 
 (C major) Just try to play through the pain.  (G major)  (D minor) 
F 
Like a fight (F major) er who's been told it's
Em 
C 
finally time  (E minor) for  (C major) him to quit.
F 
Am 
Show up  (F major) in shining colors,  (A minor) 
E 
And then stand  (E major) there and get hit.

Interlude 1

Like the clock that ticks in Dresden,

Verse 5
E 
 (E major) 
Am 
 (A minor) When the whole town's
A 
Am 
been destroyed.  (A major)  (A minor) 
E 
F 
E 
Like  (E major) the nagging flash  (F major) of insight,  (E major) 
Am 
 (A minor) You're always desperate to avoid.
C 
Em 
F 
E 
 (C major) Like the bloody-  (E minor) knuckled  (F major) gunman,  (E major) 
A 
Am 
 (A major) Still stationed at the breach.  (A minor) 
C 
Em 
F 
 (C major) Like that board  (E minor) game with  (F major) the sliders,
E 
A 
Am 
 (E major)  (A major) And the  (A minor) children on
A 
Am 
the beach.  (A major)  (A minor) 

Verse 6
F 
Stay alive.  (F major) 
C 
G 
 (C major) Maybe spit some blood at the camer (G major) a.
F 
Just stay  (F major) alive.
C 
F 
C 
 (C major) Stay  (F major) forever  (C major) alive.
G 
Am 
 (G major)  (A minor) 