Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride Chords

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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ Well, they come and [A] pull me from my house, _ _ _ _ and they drag my [D] body through the streets.
_ _ _ _ And the sun's so [E] hot I think I'll catch fire [D] and burn up.
In the summer air [A] so moist and sweet, _ _ _ _ and the people all come out to cheer.
_ _ _ _ Rocks in the pathway break my [D] skin, _ _ _ and there's honeysuckle [E] on the faint _ breeze [D] today.
With every breath I'm [A] drawing in, _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] I wanna cry [F#] out.
[D] But I don't scream and I don't shout, [A] and I feel so proud [D] to be alive.
_ [A] And I feel so [E] proud [D] when the reckoning [A] arrives. _
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_ _ _ [A] Crowds go dancing by the second as _ _ _ we near the center [D] of the town. _ _
_ _ And they dig a trench [E] right in the main square [D] right there.
And they pick me up and [A] throw me down, _ _ _ _ and I start laughing like a child. _ _
_ _ And I mark their faces one [D] by one. _ _
_ _ _ [E] Transfigurations wanna come for [D] me.
And I will burn [A] hotter than sun. _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] I waited so long, and now [D] I taste jasmine on my tongue.
And I [A] feel so proud to [D] be alive.
_ And I [A] feel so _ [E] proud when [D] the _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ reckoning arrives.
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