Pale Green Things Chords by The Mountain Goats

Tempo:
151.85 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

Am

F

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Pale Green Things chords
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[C] [G] [Am]
[F]
[C]
[G] [Am]
[F]
[C] [G] Got up [Am] before dawn, [D] [F]
went [C] down to the racetrack, [G] [Am]
[G] [F]
[C]
riding with the windows down, [D] [F]
shortly after
your [C] first heart attack.
[G] [Am]
[D] [F]
[Am]
You parked behind [C] the paddock,
[Am] cracking asphalt [C] underfoot, [Am]
coming up [C] through the cracks, [G] pale
green things, pale [C] green things.
[G] [C] [Em] [F]
[C] [G] [C]
[F]
[B] [G]
You watched the horses [C] run their workouts,
[F]
you held your [C] stopwatch in your left hand,
[G] [C] [G] [F]
[B] [C] and a racing form beneath your arm, [F]
casting your [C] gaze way out to no man's land.
[F]
[Em] [Am]
Sometimes I'll meet [C] you out there, [Am]
[C] lonely and frightened,
[A] flicking my tongue out [C] at
the wet leaves, [G] pale green things, [C] pale green things.
[G]
[C] [G] [F]
[C]
[G] [F]
[Em] [Am]
[C] [Am]
[C]
[Am] [C]
[G]
[C]
My sister called at 3am, [G] [F]
just [Em] last [C] December,
[G] [F]
[C]
she told me how you died at last, [D] at [F] last.
And that morning at the racetrack [C] was one thing I remembered, [Am] [F]
[E] [Am] I turned it over [C] in my
mind, [Am] like a [C] living Chinese finger trap, [Am]
seaweed and Indiana [C] sawgrass, [D] pale [G] green things, [C] pale green things.
[G] [C]
[F]
[C]
[G] [Am] [G] [F]
[G] [Am] [C]
[Am]
[C] [Am]
[C]
[G]
[C]
Pale green things, pale green things, pale green things.
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
Am
2311
F
134211111
D
1321
C
3211
G
2131
Am
2311
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To learn The Mountain Goats - Pale Green Things chords, focus on the sequence of these chords: G, Am, C, G, F, C, Am, F and C. For best results, commence at 75 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 152. Considering the song's key of C Major, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] Got up [Am] before dawn, _ _ [D] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ went [C] down to the _ racetrack, _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
riding with the windows down, [D] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ shortly after
your [C] first heart attack.
_ [G] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [D] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ You parked behind [C] the paddock, _ _
_ [Am] _ _ cracking asphalt [C] underfoot, _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
coming up [C] through the _ cracks, [G] pale
green things, pale [C] green things. _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _
You watched the horses [C] run their workouts, _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
you held your [C] stopwatch in your left hand, _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ and a racing form beneath your arm, _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ casting your [C] gaze way out to no man's _ land. _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _
Sometimes I'll meet [C] you out there, _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] lonely and frightened, _ _
_ _ _ [A] flicking my tongue out [C] at
the wet leaves, [G] pale green things, _ [C] pale green things.
[G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ My sister called at 3am, _ [G] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
just [Em] last [C] December, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ she told me how you died at last, [D] at [F] last.
_ _ _ And that morning at the racetrack [C] was one thing I remembered, _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [Am] _ I turned it over [C] in my
mind, _ _ _ [Am] _ _ like a [C] living Chinese finger trap, _ _ [Am] _
seaweed and Indiana [C] _ _ sawgrass, [D] pale [G] green things, [C] pale green things.
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Pale green things, pale green things, pale green things.
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _

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The The Sunset Tree album includes this song.

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