Your Belgian Things Chords by The Mountain Goats
Tempo:
117.25 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
Em
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
They'll store them for you in [A] an airplane hanger.
[D] There's guys in biohazard [Em] suits, mud-taking on their rubber boots.
They've come to keep your pretty [A] things from danger.
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
They'll spend the whole day hauling [A] them downstairs.
[D] I shot a roll of [Em] 32 exposures.
My camera groans beneath the weighted [A]
beds.
[G]
I can see you in [A] my sleep, [D]
laying the points for [G] all your worth.
Walking gingerly [A] across the [D] bruised earth.
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] Men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
They waltzed right through the door and went [A] fluorescent.
[D] Their boots were black and shiny and [Em] your treasures gleamed like stars.
Bones from deep down [A] in the fertile crescent.
[D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] The arteries are clogging in [Em] the mainframe.
There's too much information [A] in the pipes.
[D] I saw the mess you left up in [Em] the east bedroom.
A tiger's never gonna [A] change its stripes, I [G] guess.
[A] [F#m] But Jesus, what [G] a mess.
[Bm]
[D] One way in, [G] no way [A] out.
[D]
[A] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[A] [G] [D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
And only I was here to [A] see them do it.
[D] I wish you had a number [Em] where you are.
It's hard with no one here to [A] help me through it.
[G] I can see you [A] in my sleep, [D] laying the points [G] for all your worth.
Walking [A] gingerly across the [D] bruised earth.
[A] [G] [Am] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
They'll store them for you in [A] an airplane hanger.
[D] There's guys in biohazard [Em] suits, mud-taking on their rubber boots.
They've come to keep your pretty [A] things from danger.
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
They'll spend the whole day hauling [A] them downstairs.
[D] I shot a roll of [Em] 32 exposures.
My camera groans beneath the weighted [A]
beds.
[G]
I can see you in [A] my sleep, [D]
laying the points for [G] all your worth.
Walking gingerly [A] across the [D] bruised earth.
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] Men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
They waltzed right through the door and went [A] fluorescent.
[D] Their boots were black and shiny and [Em] your treasures gleamed like stars.
Bones from deep down [A] in the fertile crescent.
[D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] The arteries are clogging in [Em] the mainframe.
There's too much information [A] in the pipes.
[D] I saw the mess you left up in [Em] the east bedroom.
A tiger's never gonna [A] change its stripes, I [G] guess.
[A] [F#m] But Jesus, what [G] a mess.
[Bm]
[D] One way in, [G] no way [A] out.
[D]
[A] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[A] [G] [D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
And only I was here to [A] see them do it.
[D] I wish you had a number [Em] where you are.
It's hard with no one here to [A] help me through it.
[G] I can see you [A] in my sleep, [D] laying the points [G] for all your worth.
Walking [A] gingerly across the [D] bruised earth.
[A] [G] [Am] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G]
Key:
D
G
A
Em
F#m
D
G
A
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
_ _ They'll store them for you in [A] an airplane hanger.
_ [D] There's guys in biohazard [Em] suits, mud-taking on their rubber boots.
They've come to keep your pretty [A] things from _ danger. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
_ They'll spend the whole day hauling [A] them downstairs.
_ [D] I shot a roll of [Em] 32 _ _ _ exposures.
_ My camera groans beneath the weighted [A] _
beds.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
I can see you in [A] my sleep, _ _ [D] _
laying the points for [G] all your worth.
_ Walking _ gingerly [A] across the _ _ _ [D] bruised earth.
_ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] Men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things. _
_ They waltzed right through the door and went [A] fluorescent.
_ [D] Their boots were black and shiny and [Em] your treasures gleamed like stars.
Bones from deep down [A] in the fertile crescent.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] The arteries are clogging in [Em] the mainframe.
_ There's too much information [A] in the pipes.
_ [D] I saw the mess you left up in [Em] the east bedroom.
A tiger's never gonna [A] change its stripes, I [G] guess.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] But Jesus, what [G] a mess.
[Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] One way in, _ _ [G] no way [A] out.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
_ And only I was here to [A] see them do it.
_ [D] I wish you had a number [Em] where you are.
_ _ It's hard with no one here to [A] help me through it. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ I can see you [A] in my sleep, _ _ [D] _ laying the points [G] for all your worth.
_ _ Walking _ [A] gingerly across the _ _ [D] bruised earth.
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
_ _ They'll store them for you in [A] an airplane hanger.
_ [D] There's guys in biohazard [Em] suits, mud-taking on their rubber boots.
They've come to keep your pretty [A] things from _ danger. _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
_ They'll spend the whole day hauling [A] them downstairs.
_ [D] I shot a roll of [Em] 32 _ _ _ exposures.
_ My camera groans beneath the weighted [A] _
beds.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
I can see you in [A] my sleep, _ _ [D] _
laying the points for [G] all your worth.
_ Walking _ gingerly [A] across the _ _ _ [D] bruised earth.
_ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] Men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things. _
_ They waltzed right through the door and went [A] fluorescent.
_ [D] Their boots were black and shiny and [Em] your treasures gleamed like stars.
Bones from deep down [A] in the fertile crescent.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] The arteries are clogging in [Em] the mainframe.
_ There's too much information [A] in the pipes.
_ [D] I saw the mess you left up in [Em] the east bedroom.
A tiger's never gonna [A] change its stripes, I [G] guess.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] But Jesus, what [G] a mess.
[Bm] _ _ _ _
[D] One way in, _ _ [G] no way [A] out.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] The men were here to get your [Em] Belgian things.
_ And only I was here to [A] see them do it.
_ [D] I wish you had a number [Em] where you are.
_ _ It's hard with no one here to [A] help me through it. _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ I can see you [A] in my sleep, _ _ [D] _ laying the points [G] for all your worth.
_ _ Walking _ [A] gingerly across the _ _ [D] bruised earth.
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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