Chords for The Mountain Goats - Pet Politics by Silver Jews

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_ [Em] Guard my bed [Am] while the rain turns the ditches to mirrors
[B] By a vase of carnations from central [Em] Ohio Where the looking machine can't hear us
Deep in the night we dream of positions [Am] There's a line for the phone in the hall
[B] And in the cold places where Spanish [Em] is spoken Most wars end in the fall
_ [C] You never [G] know when your pet will go _ Pet politics
[D] Still _ _ _
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wearing last night's mascara [Am] Now that her pet was gone for sure
[B] She was shivering so hard [Em] It looked like there were two of her
I can see through the sleeve on her [Am] blouse The mute plans of her architect lover
[B] A tattoo of a boarded up [Em] house An ink door that belonged to another
[C] When the rain hits you [D] It hits [Em] you slow
[D] Stitch after stitch Stitch after stitch
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Adam was not the first man [Am] Though the bible tells us so _
[B] There was one created before [Em] him Whose name we do not know _
He also lived in the garden [Am] But he had no mouth or eyes
[B] One day Adam came to [Em] kill him And he died beneath his skies
[C] _ I find it [G] so [B] amazing how
[D] I go where I'm led I go where [Gm] I'm led
[D] I go where I'm led [Em] I go where I'm led _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] I suspect [D] we could be [Em] losing now _
[D] Please guard my bed
Please guard my bed
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