Chords for The Mountain Goats @ Fast Forward II - 1995

And I saw the [D] sign, and it opened up [A] my eyes.
I saw the sign.
No one's gonna drag you up [G] to get into the [A] light.
Where do you belong?
[Gb] I saw the sign, [D] and it opened up my eyes.
I saw the sign.
Love is demanded without [A] understanding.
Yeah, I saw the sign, and [G] it opened up my [A] eyes.
I saw [D] the sign.
And no one's gonna drag you up.
Hey!
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[D] I saw the [A] sign. _ _
I saw the sign.
[G] I saw the sign. _
[A] I saw [D] _ _ the sign.
_ [D] I saw the sign.
I saw [A] the sign.
_ _ [D] This _ means the sign.
Yeah!
_ _ [E] John Darnielle.
And Rachel Ware.
[B] It [E] was really nice.
I liked it a lot.
I liked it better than I thought [D] I might because it went really smoothly.
[A] And I saw Simon Joyner put on a great show [Ab] and Bill Doreen was a genius [Dbm] and Beck was magnificent.
[B] And [G] I just really enjoyed myself.
Yes, I [N] did.
The Mountain Goats formed in 1991 in Norwalk, California.
Began recording and performing in Claremont about six months later.
_ _ Narrowed down from a five-person unit to a two [A]-person unit about a year ago.
And _ _ _ that's the history basically.
The artist to whom I feel most related would be Joni Mitchell and Tanita Tickeram.
_ Michael [Eb] McDonald.
Yeah, actually, yes.
I'm a big Michael McDonald fan.
_ But performance-wise, I don't feel related to a lot of those people because I [Eb] think we have a more post-punk take on performance.
More of a consciousness of what it is to [Ab] perform in a club in front of an audience
and to be part of something that has a sort of cool on it [Ebm] that those artists have always disdained.
And I think [Eb] cool is not necessarily a bad thing.
[E] I don't think a career in [B] music is any way to live.
[E] So, yeah, I [B] mean, I want to teach.
I think it's important to be a real person.
And music is a different aspect, an important aspect of life.
But not, you know, [E] I [B] wouldn't want to live like musicians [E] live.
I just couldn't do that.
The future looks bright for the Mountain Goats.
Our new album Sweden will be released within the month.
Following that, in the fall, nothing for juice on Ajax Records and Compact Discs. _ _
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_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
You brought me _ some chocolates.
[C] _
And you [Em] brought me a stove. _
And you brought me an apple.
[C] _
And you brought [Em] me a radio.
[G] Thank _ you [D] for the chocolates.
[C] _
Thank [Em] you _ for the stove.
[G] _
Thank you [D] _ for the books.
[C] _
Thank [Em] you [E] for the radio.
Now I [D] have everything I need.
[C] Now I [Em] have everything I need.
Have _ _ [D] _ everything I need.
[C] _
Now I [Bm] have everything I need. _
You brought me [Em] _ a sweater.
[C] _
And you [Em] brought me some socks. _
And you brought me a [C] starfish.
And you brought me a [Bm] Panasonic _ DX4500 with dual cassette heads.
[G] _
Thank you [D] for the starfish.
[C] _ _
[Em] Thank you _ for the socks. _ _
Thanks [D] for the [C] Panasonic. _
[B] I don't know what I'd [Em] ever do without it.
Now I [D] have everything I need.
[C] Now I [Em] have everything I need.
Now _ [D] I have everything I need.
[C] Now _ I have everything I need.
You came in.
[Bm] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [C] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
You came by.
_ And you came in.
[C] _
And you let the [Em] wind in.
You must be cold outside. _
We stared out through the sliding glass [C] door.
But I'd forgotten [Bm] what we were looking for.
_ [G] _
Thank you [D] for coming by.
_ [C] It's nice to see [Bm] you once in a while.
[G] _ _
Thanks [D] for the coat I forgot to [C] mention.
I've been [Em] freezing in here.
I've been freezing in here.
Now I [D] have everything I need.
[C] _ _
Now I [Em] have everything I need.
Now I [D] _ have everything I need.
[C] Now I [Em] have everything I need.
Yeah! _
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