Younger chords by The Mountain Goats

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Em
Bm
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Bsus4
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Intro 1
C 
 (C major) 
Em 
C 
Em 
 (E minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 
Bm 
Em 
C 
 (B minor)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 1

Crank that siren high

Drain the wellspring dry

Map out your coordinates

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Verse 2

Send out scouts by day

Dole out mercenary pay

For restless young subordinates

It never hurts

Verse 3
C 
 (C major) to give thanks
to the local gods
Em 
You never know who  (E minor) might
C#dim 
C 
be hungry  (C sharpdim)  (C major) 
Em 
It never hurts to  (E minor) scan the windows
A 
C#dim 
C 
on the upper floor  (A major)  (C sharpdim)  (C major) 
D 
I saw  (D major) a face there once before
when I was younger
Em 
 (E minor) 

Interlude 1

Verse 4
Bm 
Set the torch  (B minor) 
Bsus4 
Em 
C 
aflame  (Bsus4)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Am 
C 
Call the  (A minor) night by  (C major) name
Stake out your dark position
Em 
A 
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (C major) 

Verse 5

Lie in wait

By the gleaming city gate

Try not to lose sight of the mission

Verse 6
C 
It never hurts to  (C major) give thanks
Am 
C 
 (A minor) to the broken bones  (C major) 
You had to use to build your
Em 
 (E minor) ladder
A 
Em 
C 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (C major) 

Verse 7
Em 
 (E minor) 
Bm 
Bsus4 
Bm 
Moment close at  (B minor) hand  (Bsus4)  (B minor) 
C 
Am 
C 
 (C major) Half of you will never un (A minor) derstand  (C major) 
And it doesn't really matter
Em 
A 
C#dim 
C 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (C sharpdim)  (C major) 

Verse 8
D 
 (D major) 
A 
C 
Big smile on my  (A major) face  (C major) 
Capsule just in case
Am 
Underneath  (A minor) my tongue
Em 
Bm 
D 
C 
 (E minor)  (B minor)  (D major)  (C major) 

Verse 9
Em 
 (E minor) 
Bm 
C 
Voices on the  (B minor) breeze  (C major) 
D 
I heard voices once like  (D major) these
when I was younger
Em 
G 
Em 
C 
 (E minor)  (G major) Blood rushing to my face  (E minor)  (C major) 
Am 
Bm 
I know that  (A minor) sweet warm  (B minor) taste
B 
Em 
And the  (B major) bitter trace  (E minor) 

Verse 10

Storm right down that hill

If I don't, no one will

Follow me right through the chaos

Verse 11
Em 
 (E minor) 
Bm 
Am 
This whole house is  (B minor) doomed  (A minor) 
C 
Even the big parts get con (C major) sumed
Am 
C 
Pre (A minor) pare a  (C major) grave for Menelaus
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 12
Bm 
A 
 (B minor)  (A major) 
Am 
It never hurts  (A minor) to give thanks
C 
to the navigator  (C major) 
Even when he's spitting out
Em 
random  (E minor) numbers
A 
C#dim 
C 
 (A major)  (C sharpdim)  (C major) 

Verse 13
Em 
 (E minor) 
I knew what those figures
C#dim 
C 
meant  (C sharpdim)  (C major) 
D 
And what they hoped to rep (D major) resent
Em 
When I was younger (E minor) 

Outro 1
Bm 
Am 
C 
Em 
 (B minor)  (A minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 
Bm 
Am 
Em 
 (B minor)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
Bm 
G 
Am 
C 
Am 
Em 
 (B minor)  (G major)  (A minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor) 
D 
Bm 
Em 
 (D major)  (B minor)  (E minor) 
D 
Am 
C 
Am 
Em 
Bm 
 (D major)  (A minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor)  (B minor) 
Am 
C 
Em 
Bm 
 (A minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (B minor) 
C 
Am 
Em 
Bm 
 (C major)  (A minor)  (E minor)  (B minor) 
Em 
Am 
C 
Em 
Bm 
 (E minor)  (A minor)  (C major)  (E minor)  (B minor) 
Em 
Am 
Em 
 (E minor)  (A minor)  (E minor) 