Chords for The Mountain Goats: Dance Music
Tempo:
168 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Em
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [G]
[C]
[D] Alright, I'm on [C] Johnson [D] Avenue in San [G] Luis Obispo and I'm five [C] years old, or [D] six maybe.
[G] And indications [C] that there's something [D] wrong with [G] our new [C] house.
Tripped [E] down the wire [G] twice daily, I'm in the [C] living room [D] watching the [G] Watergate hearings
while my [C] stepfather yells [D] at my mother.
[G] Launches a glass [C] across the [D] room, [G] straight at her head, [C] and I dash upstairs [D] to take cover,
leaning [C] close to my little [G] record player on the floor.
[C]
So this is [D] what the volume knob's for, I [G] listen to [C] [D] dance [G] music.
[C] [D] Dance [G] music.
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [C]
[D] [B] Okay, so [G] look, I'm [C] seventeen [D] years old, [G] and you're the last [C] best thing I [D] got going.
[G] But then the special [C] secret sickness [D] starts to eat [G] through you, [C] what am I supposed to do?
[D] No way of knowing, so I [C] follow you down your [D] twisting [G] alleyways, find a few [C] cul-de-sacs [D] of my [G] own.
There's only [C] one place [D] this road ever ends [C] up, and I don't want to [D] die alone.
Let me [C] down, let me down, let me [G] down gently.
[C] When [G] the police [D] come to get me, I'm listening to [C] dance [D] [G] music.
[C] [D] Dance music.
[G] [Em] [G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C]
[E] [Bm] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C]
[D] Alright, I'm on [C] Johnson [D] Avenue in San [G] Luis Obispo and I'm five [C] years old, or [D] six maybe.
[G] And indications [C] that there's something [D] wrong with [G] our new [C] house.
Tripped [E] down the wire [G] twice daily, I'm in the [C] living room [D] watching the [G] Watergate hearings
while my [C] stepfather yells [D] at my mother.
[G] Launches a glass [C] across the [D] room, [G] straight at her head, [C] and I dash upstairs [D] to take cover,
leaning [C] close to my little [G] record player on the floor.
[C]
So this is [D] what the volume knob's for, I [G] listen to [C] [D] dance [G] music.
[C] [D] Dance [G] music.
[Em] [G]
[Em] [G]
[Em] [C]
[D] [B] Okay, so [G] look, I'm [C] seventeen [D] years old, [G] and you're the last [C] best thing I [D] got going.
[G] But then the special [C] secret sickness [D] starts to eat [G] through you, [C] what am I supposed to do?
[D] No way of knowing, so I [C] follow you down your [D] twisting [G] alleyways, find a few [C] cul-de-sacs [D] of my [G] own.
There's only [C] one place [D] this road ever ends [C] up, and I don't want to [D] die alone.
Let me [C] down, let me down, let me [G] down gently.
[C] When [G] the police [D] come to get me, I'm listening to [C] dance [D] [G] music.
[C] [D] Dance music.
[G] [Em] [G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[C]
[E] [Bm] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
[C] [D] [G]
Key:
G
C
D
Em
E
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Alright, I'm on [C] Johnson [D] Avenue in San [G] Luis Obispo and I'm five [C] years old, or [D] six maybe.
[G] _ And indications [C] that there's something [D] wrong with [G] our new [C] house. _
Tripped [E] down the wire [G] twice daily, I'm in the [C] living room [D] watching the [G] Watergate hearings
while my [C] stepfather yells [D] at my mother.
[G] _ Launches a glass [C] across the [D] room, [G] straight at her head, [C] and I dash upstairs [D] to take cover,
leaning [C] close to my little [G] record player on the floor.
[C] _
So this is [D] what the volume knob's for, I [G] listen to [C] _ [D] dance [G] music. _ _ _
[C] _ [D] Dance [G] music. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [B] Okay, so [G] look, I'm [C] seventeen [D] years old, [G] and you're the last [C] best thing I [D] got going.
[G] _ But then the special [C] secret sickness [D] starts to eat [G] through you, [C] what am I supposed to do?
[D] No way of knowing, so I [C] follow you down your [D] twisting [G] alleyways, find a few [C] cul-de-sacs [D] of my [G] own.
There's only [C] one place [D] this road ever ends [C] up, and I don't want to [D] die alone.
Let me [C] down, let me down, let me [G] down gently.
_ _ [C] When [G] the police [D] come to get me, I'm listening to [C] dance _ [D] _ [G] music. _ _ _
[C] _ [D] Dance music.
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ Alright, I'm on [C] Johnson [D] Avenue in San [G] Luis Obispo and I'm five [C] years old, or [D] six maybe.
[G] _ And indications [C] that there's something [D] wrong with [G] our new [C] house. _
Tripped [E] down the wire [G] twice daily, I'm in the [C] living room [D] watching the [G] Watergate hearings
while my [C] stepfather yells [D] at my mother.
[G] _ Launches a glass [C] across the [D] room, [G] straight at her head, [C] and I dash upstairs [D] to take cover,
leaning [C] close to my little [G] record player on the floor.
[C] _
So this is [D] what the volume knob's for, I [G] listen to [C] _ [D] dance [G] music. _ _ _
[C] _ [D] Dance [G] music. _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [B] Okay, so [G] look, I'm [C] seventeen [D] years old, [G] and you're the last [C] best thing I [D] got going.
[G] _ But then the special [C] secret sickness [D] starts to eat [G] through you, [C] what am I supposed to do?
[D] No way of knowing, so I [C] follow you down your [D] twisting [G] alleyways, find a few [C] cul-de-sacs [D] of my [G] own.
There's only [C] one place [D] this road ever ends [C] up, and I don't want to [D] die alone.
Let me [C] down, let me down, let me [G] down gently.
_ _ [C] When [G] the police [D] come to get me, I'm listening to [C] dance _ [D] _ [G] music. _ _ _
[C] _ [D] Dance music.
[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _