The Mountain Goats - Matthew 25 21

^Dmaj7 they'd hooked you ^D6sus2up ^Dsus4 to a fentanyl d^D5rip ^Dmaj7 to mitigate the pain a^Dsus4 little bit ^{D6sus2 D5}

^Dmaj7 i fle^Dsus4w in ^D6sus2 from pennsylv^D5ania ^Dmaj7 when i heard the hour was coming fa^Dsus4st ^{D6sus2 D5}

^{Bm G} And i docked in santa^D5 barbara ^{Bm G} tried to brace myse^D5lf

^{Bm G} but you can't brace your^D5self when the t^Bmime comes ^G you just have to roll with the b^Asus4last

and i'm an ^Em18-wheeler headed d^Gown the interstate and my ^D5brakes are gonna give and i won't k^Anow til it's too ^Glate

tires ^Cscreaming when i lose cont^Drol try not to ^Asus4hurt too many people when i r^Goll

^Dmaj7 find the harbor free^Dsus4way ^D6sus2 and head south ^{D5 Dmaj7} real t^D6sus2ired, ^Dsus4 head kind of ligh^D5t

^Dmaj7i found telegraph road, ^{D6sus2 Dsus4} i'd only seen the name on envel^D5opes ^Dmaj7found the parking lo^Dsus4t ^D6sus2 and turned ^D5right

^Bmi fe^Glt all the details carv^D5ing out space in my head ^Bmtrop^Gicanas on the walkway n^D5eon red

^Bmbetw^Geen the pain and the pi^D5lls trying to hold it at bay ^Bmstan^Gds a traveler going som^Asus4ewhere far away

an^Emd i am an airplane ^Gtumbling wing over wing try to ^D5listen to my instruments they don't^A say anything ^G

people^C screaming when the engine^Ds quit i hope we'r^Asus4e all in crash position when ^Gwe hit

^Dmaj7 and then came to your b^D6sus2edside ^Dsus4 and as it turns out

^D5i'm not ready ^Dmaj7 and as t^D6sus2hough

^Dsus4 you were speaking through a thick ^D5haze ^Dmaj7 you said hello to ^D6sus2me ^{Dsus4 D5}

^Bmwe ^Gall stood the^D5re around you ^Bmhap^Gpy to hear yo^D5u speak

^Bmthe^G last of some^D5thing bright burning ^Bmstill^G burning

beyond the canc^Asus4er and the chemotherapy and you wer^Eme a presence full o^Gf light upon this earth

and i a^D5m a witness to your life and to its^A worth ^G it's t^Chree days later when i get^D the call

and there's^Asus4 nobody around to break my fa^Gll