Distant Stations Chords by The Mountain Goats

_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _
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_ I _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ found an [G] old rock _ [D] in the dry dirt [G] outside _ _ the door _ [A] of my _ _ [D] motel room. _ _
_ _ _ It was a triangle with [G] soft rounded edges [D] and a split down the middle of [G] one corner.
_ _ It was darker than [Em] English, _ _ _ _ [D] green like the soft [G] frills of a peacock's plume.
I waited _ [A] for you, _ _ [D] but I never told you [G] where I was.
_ [Bm] You _ taught [A] me how _ [D] to write these kinds [B] of equations.
_ [G] I waited on steps [A] for you, _ _ [D] and I hid in the bushes [G] whenever a car pulled into the parking [E] lot. _
You [A] taught me how to listen to [Bm]
these [E] distant [G] stations.
_ [A] _ [B] _
_ _ [G] _ Distant stations, [A] _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
soft [G] sky break.
_ [D] I threw a rock at a crow who was playing [G] in the mulch with some rose bushes by the [D] motel office.
Missed [A] him by a good [D] yard.
_ _ _ _ _ I sang old [G] songs from nowhere.
[D] Los Angeles, _ [G] _ _ Albuquerque.
Said a small prayer [A] for the poor and the naked and the hungry, and I prayed real hard [G] for you.
I _ waited _ [A] for you, _ [D] but I never told you where [G] I was.
_ [E] It was you who taught [A] me how _ _ [D]
to write these kinds [B] of equations.
[Bm] _ [G] I waited on [A] steps for you, _ [D] and I hid in the bushes whenever I [G] saw a car pull into the parking lot.
[E] _
_ [G] You taught [A] me how to listen [B] to these [G] distant stations.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
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_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
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