Wild Sage chords by The Mountain Goats

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Verse 1
G 
A 
C 
 (G major) I leave as soon as it gets light  (A major) outside  (C major) 
Csus2 
G 
Like a prisoner  (Csus2)  (G major) breaking out of jail
And I steel down to business
A 
C 
fif (A major) teen- five- oh- one  (C major) 
Csus2 
C 
Csus2 
Like  (Csus2) I        had  (C major) a  (Csus2) bounty
G 
 (G major) hunter on my tail
D 
And somebody  (D major) stops

Verse 2
to pick me up
C 
G 
Csus2 
But he drops  (C major) me off just down  (G major) the block  (Csus2) 
C 
G 
Em 
 (C major) And along  (G major) the highway  (E minor) where
C 
D 
G 
the empty  (C major) spirit (D major) s  breathe  (G major) 
D 
G 
Wild sage  (D major) growing in the weed (G major) s

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Verse 3
G 
 (G major) 
Walked down the soft shoulder and I
A 
D 
A 
G 
C 
 (A major) count my  (D major) steps  (A major)  (G major)  (C major) 
Csus2 
C 
Headed vaguely  (Csus2) east (C major) ward
G 
 (G major) sun in my eyes
A 
And I lose my footing and I skin  (A major) my
C 
hands breaking my fall  (C major) 
And I laugh to myself,
G 
 (G major) and look up at the skies
D 
And then I think I hear  (D major) angels

Verse 4
in my ears
Csus2 
Like marbles  (Csus2) being thrown against a mirror
C 
G 
Em 
 (C major) And  (G major) along the highway  (E minor) where
C 
G 
unlucky  (C major) stray dog (G major) s  bleed
D 
G 
Wild sage  (D major) growing in the  (G major) weeds

Verse 5
F 
 (F major) 
G 
C 
D 
And  (G major) some days  (C major) I  don't miss my  (D major) family
G 
F 
C 
G 
F 
 (G major)  (F major)  (C major) And some days  (G major) I  do  (F major) 
C 
G 
Some  (C major) days I think I'd feel  (G major) better
Em 
C 
if I tried harder (E minor)  (C major) 
D 
Most days I know it's not  (D major) true

Verse 6
G 
 (G major) 
I lay down right where I felt
A 
C 
 (A major) cold grass in my face  (C major) 
G 
And I hear the traffic  (G major) like the
rhythm of the tides
A 
And I stare at the scrape  (A major) 
on the heel of my hand
C 
G 
'til it  (C major) doesn't sting so much  (G major) 
and until the bloods dried
D 
And when somebody  (D major) asks

Verse 7
if I'm ok
C 
G 
I  (C major) don't know  (G major) what to say
C 
G 
Em 
 (C major) And along  (G major) the highway  (E minor) 
C 
G 
From cast-  (C major) off innumerable  (G major) seeds
D 
Wild sage  (D major) growing in the
G 
 (G major) weeds.