Chords for The Mountain Goats - Harlem Roulette [Pitchfork Session]
Tempo:
79.8 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
D
F#
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Start Jamming...
[A#]
It's about the last night of [G#] Frankie Lyman's life.
Frankie Lyman who sang Why Do Fools Fall in Love [C#] and had one of the most beautiful voices [G#] ever
and then got drafted in the middle of his [D#m] fame and then went AWOL.
But then by that time his voice had changed [C#] and [F]
he was, [B] and music had kind of moved on
and he was [G#] having a hard time finding a place to fit in.
But there were a bunch of little labels and one called Roulette offered him a deal
and he [C] went in and tracked a bunch of songs.
You know, in those days you'd go in and track [Am] ten songs and then leave.
And [F#] he did and he [A#] had gotten just enough money to buy some more dope and he went home and overdosed.
And Seabreeze, the song I mentioned in the first verse, is one of the last things he recorded.
Yeah, it's a
I don't [C#] know.
I don't know why because I myself was not a child star but people who get famous too
young and then it just ruins them as people get really sad thinking about it, so.
[B]
[D] Is everybody ready?
[A] Can I do my thing?
[F#] This is called Harlem Roulette by the Mountain [D] Goats.
[A] Unknown [G] engines underneath [A] the city.
Steam pushing up [D] in billows through [A] the grapes.
Frankie [F#] [E] Lyman's tracking Seabreeze [A] in a studio in Harlem.
It's 1968.
Just a pair of tunes to hammer out.
[D] Everybody's off the clock [A] by ten.
[E] The [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
Feel so free [G] when I hit the [A] avenue.
Nothing [D] like a New [A] York summer night.
[F#] Every [G] dream's a good dream.
[A] Even awful dreams are good dreams.
If you're doing it right.
Remember soaring higher than clouds.
Get pretty [G] sentimental [A] now and then.
[E] The [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
[F#] And [G] four hours north of [A] Portland, a radio flips on [F#] and some no one [G] from the future remembers
[A] that you're gone.
Armies [G] massing in the [A] dusky distance.
Ghosted [D] in the ribbon [A] microphone.
[F#] Leave a [G] little mark on [A] something maybe.
[Em] Take the secret circuit [A] home.
Nothing in [D] the shadows but [A] the shadow hands.
Reaching out [D] to sad young frightened [A] men.
The [Em] loneliest people in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
Yeah, the [E] [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
[D] [N]
It's about the last night of [G#] Frankie Lyman's life.
Frankie Lyman who sang Why Do Fools Fall in Love [C#] and had one of the most beautiful voices [G#] ever
and then got drafted in the middle of his [D#m] fame and then went AWOL.
But then by that time his voice had changed [C#] and [F]
he was, [B] and music had kind of moved on
and he was [G#] having a hard time finding a place to fit in.
But there were a bunch of little labels and one called Roulette offered him a deal
and he [C] went in and tracked a bunch of songs.
You know, in those days you'd go in and track [Am] ten songs and then leave.
And [F#] he did and he [A#] had gotten just enough money to buy some more dope and he went home and overdosed.
And Seabreeze, the song I mentioned in the first verse, is one of the last things he recorded.
Yeah, it's a
I don't [C#] know.
I don't know why because I myself was not a child star but people who get famous too
young and then it just ruins them as people get really sad thinking about it, so.
[B]
[D] Is everybody ready?
[A] Can I do my thing?
[F#] This is called Harlem Roulette by the Mountain [D] Goats.
[A] Unknown [G] engines underneath [A] the city.
Steam pushing up [D] in billows through [A] the grapes.
Frankie [F#] [E] Lyman's tracking Seabreeze [A] in a studio in Harlem.
It's 1968.
Just a pair of tunes to hammer out.
[D] Everybody's off the clock [A] by ten.
[E] The [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
Feel so free [G] when I hit the [A] avenue.
Nothing [D] like a New [A] York summer night.
[F#] Every [G] dream's a good dream.
[A] Even awful dreams are good dreams.
If you're doing it right.
Remember soaring higher than clouds.
Get pretty [G] sentimental [A] now and then.
[E] The [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
[F#] And [G] four hours north of [A] Portland, a radio flips on [F#] and some no one [G] from the future remembers
[A] that you're gone.
Armies [G] massing in the [A] dusky distance.
Ghosted [D] in the ribbon [A] microphone.
[F#] Leave a [G] little mark on [A] something maybe.
[Em] Take the secret circuit [A] home.
Nothing in [D] the shadows but [A] the shadow hands.
Reaching out [D] to sad young frightened [A] men.
The [Em] loneliest people in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
Yeah, the [E] [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
[D] [N]
Key:
A
G
D
F#
E
A
G
D
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ It's about the last night of [G#] Frankie Lyman's life.
Frankie Lyman who sang Why Do Fools Fall in Love [C#] and had one of the most beautiful voices [G#] ever
and then got drafted in the middle of his [D#m] fame and then went AWOL.
But then by that time his voice had changed [C#] and [F]
he was, [B] and music had kind of moved on
and he was [G#] having a hard time finding a place to fit in.
But there were a bunch of little labels and one called Roulette offered him a deal
and he [C] went in and tracked a bunch of songs.
You know, in those days you'd go in and track [Am] ten songs and then leave.
And [F#] he did and he [A#] had gotten just enough money to buy some more dope and he went home and overdosed.
And Seabreeze, the song I mentioned in the first verse, is one of the last things he recorded.
Yeah, it's a_
I don't [C#] know.
I don't know why because I myself was not a child star but people who get famous too
young and then it just ruins them as people get really sad thinking about it, so.
[B] _
_ _ [D] _ Is everybody ready?
[A] Can I do my thing?
[F#] This is called Harlem Roulette by the Mountain [D] Goats. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Unknown [G] engines underneath [A] the city.
_ _ Steam pushing up [D] in billows through [A] the grapes.
_ Frankie [F#] [E] Lyman's tracking Seabreeze [A] in a studio in Harlem. _
It's 1968.
_ _ _ Just a pair of tunes to hammer out. _ _ _
[D] Everybody's off the clock [A] by ten.
_ [E] The [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
_ Feel so free [G] when I hit the [A] avenue.
_ _ Nothing [D] like a New [A] York summer night.
_ _ [F#] Every [G] dream's a good dream.
[A] Even awful dreams are good dreams. _
_ If you're doing it right.
_ _ Remember soaring higher than clouds.
_ _ Get pretty [G] sentimental [A] now and then.
_ [E] The [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
_ _ [F#] And [G] four hours north of [A] Portland, a radio flips on [F#] and some no one [G] from the future remembers
[A] that you're gone.
Armies [G] massing in the [A] dusky distance.
_ _ Ghosted [D] in the ribbon [A] microphone.
_ _ _ [F#] Leave a [G] little mark on [A] something maybe.
_ _ _ [Em] Take the secret circuit [A] home.
_ _ Nothing in [D] the shadows but [A] the shadow hands.
_ Reaching out [D] to sad young frightened [A] men.
_ The [Em] loneliest people in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
_ Yeah, the [E] [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's about the last night of [G#] Frankie Lyman's life.
Frankie Lyman who sang Why Do Fools Fall in Love [C#] and had one of the most beautiful voices [G#] ever
and then got drafted in the middle of his [D#m] fame and then went AWOL.
But then by that time his voice had changed [C#] and [F]
he was, [B] and music had kind of moved on
and he was [G#] having a hard time finding a place to fit in.
But there were a bunch of little labels and one called Roulette offered him a deal
and he [C] went in and tracked a bunch of songs.
You know, in those days you'd go in and track [Am] ten songs and then leave.
And [F#] he did and he [A#] had gotten just enough money to buy some more dope and he went home and overdosed.
And Seabreeze, the song I mentioned in the first verse, is one of the last things he recorded.
Yeah, it's a_
I don't [C#] know.
I don't know why because I myself was not a child star but people who get famous too
young and then it just ruins them as people get really sad thinking about it, so.
[B] _
_ _ [D] _ Is everybody ready?
[A] Can I do my thing?
[F#] This is called Harlem Roulette by the Mountain [D] Goats. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Unknown [G] engines underneath [A] the city.
_ _ Steam pushing up [D] in billows through [A] the grapes.
_ Frankie [F#] [E] Lyman's tracking Seabreeze [A] in a studio in Harlem. _
It's 1968.
_ _ _ Just a pair of tunes to hammer out. _ _ _
[D] Everybody's off the clock [A] by ten.
_ [E] The [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
_ Feel so free [G] when I hit the [A] avenue.
_ _ Nothing [D] like a New [A] York summer night.
_ _ [F#] Every [G] dream's a good dream.
[A] Even awful dreams are good dreams. _
_ If you're doing it right.
_ _ Remember soaring higher than clouds.
_ _ Get pretty [G] sentimental [A] now and then.
_ [E] The [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
_ _ [F#] And [G] four hours north of [A] Portland, a radio flips on [F#] and some no one [G] from the future remembers
[A] that you're gone.
Armies [G] massing in the [A] dusky distance.
_ _ Ghosted [D] in the ribbon [A] microphone.
_ _ _ [F#] Leave a [G] little mark on [A] something maybe.
_ _ _ [Em] Take the secret circuit [A] home.
_ _ Nothing in [D] the shadows but [A] the shadow hands.
_ Reaching out [D] to sad young frightened [A] men.
_ The [Em] loneliest people in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
_ Yeah, the [E] [G] loneliest people [A] in the whole wide world are the ones you're never going to see again.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _