Lakeside View Apartments Suite Chords by The Mountain Goats

[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Downtown [D] north past [G] the airport, _ [Bm] _ _
[G] a dream [A] in switchgrass and [D] concrete. _ _ _
[Bm] Three [D] gray floors [G] of [D] smoky windows [F#m] _ _ [D] facing [G] the street. _ _
[E] _ [D] Michael pulls the blinds back [Bm] up, _ _
_ [E] stares [D] blankly down at the [Bm] intersection. _ _
_ Watching for [A] the guy [G] who's got the angel [A] dust, _ [F#m] _ [D] crystal clear [E] connection. _
_ _ _ _ [G] Days like [A] dominoes, all in a [Bm] line, _ we cheer for [G] the haunting, _
[A] every [Bm] time.
_ _ [G] Lakeside view, [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ lakeside [G] view, [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] lakeside view [A] for [Bm] my [G] whole crew. _
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Most [D] nights now sleep in the [G] kitchen, _ [Bm] _ _
[G] keep [A] my face cool on [D] the floor. _ _
[Bm] And John John [D] comes by to [G] drop off his [D] envelopes, [F#m] still [D] playing postman [G] after all these years.
_ _ _ _ [E] Pull [D] down my army surplus [Bm] jacket, _ _ _ [E] dig through [D] some drawers to find the [Bm] keys.
_ _ _ Emerge [A] transformed [G] in a million [A] years [F#m] from [D] _
[E] date like these.
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[G] Under each eye, [A] little [B] grease paint smudge, [Bm] _
[G] you can't judge [A] us, [Bm] you're not the judge. _
[G] Lakeside view, [A] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[G] lakeside view, [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] lakeside view [A] _ [D] for my [G] whole crew.
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And just [Bm] before I leave, _ _ _ [E] _
I throw [Bm] up in the sink.
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One whole life [Bm] recorded _ _ _ [E] _
in disappearing [Bm] ink. _ _ _
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[Bm] And Ray left [A] a message, [G] thumbtacked to the [F#m] door.
_ [Bm] I don't [A] even bother trying [G] to read them anymore.
_ _ _ _ Lakeside view, [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] lakeside view, _ [Em] _ [Bm] _ _ lakeside [G] view [A] _ [Bm] for my [G] whole crew. _ _
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