Minnesota Chords by The Mountain Goats

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_ _ _ _ Seeds came in the mail today from Holland, _ [D] and the language on the package [G] was wonderful and strange.
_ _ All sorts of flowers that grow up from the earth, _ [D] _ in goodly [G] colors, gloriously arranged.
_ I circled the [D] house and I scattered them around, [G] let the water sink down into the soil.
_ _ _ _ Stared a long [D] time at the residue, _ _ [G] _ _ blood, milk, and oil.
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] God, the [D] humidity is something.
_ _ [G] _ _ Our shirts are soaked clean, sir.
_ _ _ [Am] _ The house is [D] throbbing and the heat keeps coming, [G] _ and I keep looking at you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ And then you're singing in Dutch to me, _ _ [D] _ and I [G] recognize the song.
_ _ _ _ It seems so old and so fragile, _ _ [D] but I haven't [G] heard it in so long.
_ _ _ We may throw the windows [D] open later, _ _ [G] but we are not as far west as you [C] suppose we are.
[G] _ _ Hot wind coming [D]
off the water, _ _ [G] sky gone crazy with [C] stars.
_ _ [Am] _ _ While we stay [D] here, we imagine we're alive.
[G] _ We see shadows on the walls.
_ _ [Am] _ There's something waiting for [G] us in [D] the hot, wet air.
[G] _ _ Sweat, water, and [C] alcohol.
_ [G] Just the old blood _ [D] rising up through the wood floor again.
[G] Just the old love _ asking for more again. _ _ _ _ _
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