Chords for Spent Gladiator 2 - the Mountain Goats

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_ _ [E] Like a spent [F] [E] gladiator, [A] crawling in coliseum dust,
[C] We can count [F] on his remaining [E] menace, [A] all the people he can trust,
[C] Like the one [F] who stands behind [E] him, [A] _
cheering him on,
[C] [E] Ecstatic when [F] he stands [E] defiant, [A] wild with abandon when he's gone,
[F] Just stay alive, _ _ [Cm] keep [G] your eyes on the paler,
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] Like [F] a village on the [E] step, [A] about to get [Am] collectivized,
When [Em] the men emerge with [F] rifles from the [E] haystack,
[A] _ Everybody looks surprised, [C] [E] like the [F] mice in the [E] forgotten grain,
[F] [A] Way up on the top shelf, [C] like someone who's found a [F] small town to [E] escape to,
[A] Keeps one eye on his abandoned former self, [F] stay in the game,
_ _ [C] Just try to play through the [G] pain,
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[F] Like a fighter who's [Em] been told it's finally time [C] for him to quit,
[F] Show up [A] in shining colors [G] and then stand [E] there and get hit,
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_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] Like the [F] clock that ticks in [E] Dresden, [A] when the whole town's been destroyed,
[C] [Em] Like the [F] nagging flash of [E] insight, [A] you're always desperate to avoid,
[C] Like the [F] bloody knuckle [E] gunman, [D] still [A] stationed at the breach,
[C] [Em] Like that [F] board game with the [E] sliders, [A] and the children on the beach,
[F] Stay alive, _ _ [C] maybe spit some [G] blood at the camera,
[F] Just stay alive, _ _ [Cm] stay [G] forever alive.
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