In The Shadow Of The Western Hills Chords by The Mountain Goats

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_ Spread out the old [G] maps on the floor, _
_ [C] [G] plot the [Dm] course of the inaffection. _
_ [A] Trace from its [G] beginnings to the present. _
[Ab] Is there [G] no one here who's making [Dm] this connection? _ _
[C] _ _ [G] Fear all [Dm] cats out by the trash cans.
[G] To the true believer, _ [A] everything's a sign.
Scrape the [G] pigments from the baseboards _ [A] in the shadow of the western [Dm] hills.
_ And [A] paint my [Bb] vision on my body.
[F] _ [A] _ _ In the shadow of the western [Dm] hills, _ _ _ _ [G] bleak rose petal sky in two dimensions. _ _
[C] Black [B] tree line a blade [D] that cuts [Bb] across it all. _
[B] Can't seem to sleep or find [G] my appetite, _ _
[C] _ [G] since I got home [Dm] from the hospital.
_ [A] _
[G] _ Call up [D] Rebecca, maybe try to [Dm] explain.
[G]
But she hangs up while I'm still talking.
I walk out [A] into the rain.
[B] Wander from the alley [G] to the darkness. _ _
[C] Sink down completely, [Dm] leave no trace. _ _
[B] Trapped beneath the surface [G] of the ice again. _
Lie still with the moonlight [Dm] on my face.
_ [A] _
[C] Wait for the wolves to [Dm] keep their promise. _ _
[Em] Listen for their footfalls on the snow.
I can't hear things clearly, [G] to be honest.
_ _ [E] _ In [Dm] the shadow of the western hills, _ [G] he gets most healed, [Bb] waits the longest.
_ [A] _ _ In the shadow of the [Dm] western hills.
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