The Mountain Goats - Spent gladiator 2
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Spent Gladiator 2
Standard tuning, no capo.
D5 :-577--
A5(V):577---
C5 :-355--
E :-221--
A5 :-022--
F5 :133---
G5 :355---
E5 :022---
Am :-02210
[Intro]
D5 A5(V) D5 A5(V)
[Verse 1]
C5 Like a spEent gladiC5ator E
CrA5awling in the Colosseum dust
C5 Who can Ecount on his reC5maining limbEs
A5 All the people he can trust
C5 Like the Eone who stands behC5ind him E
A5 Cheering him on
C5Ecstatic Ewhen he stands defC5iant E
A5 Wild with abandon when he's gone
[Chorus]
Just stay alF5ive
C5 Keep your eyes on the paG5yload
A5(V)
[Verse 2]
C5 Like a vEillage on the steC5ppe E
A5 About to get collectivized
When the C5men emerge with Erifles from the hC5aystack E
A5 Everybody looks surprised
C5Like the mEice in the forC5gotten grain E
A5 Way up on the top shelf
Like someone C5who's found a Esmall town to escC5ape to E
Keeps one eA5ye on his abandoned former self
[Chorus]
Stay in the gF5ame
C5 Just try to play through the paiG5n
[Bridge]
D5 Like a fighF5ter who's been told it's finally tiE5me for him to quiC5t
Show up in shining A5colors and then stE5and there and get hEit
[Intro]
D5 A5(V) D5 A5(V)
[Verse 3]
C5 Like the clEock that ticks in DrC5esden E
A5 When the whole town's been destroyed
C5 Like the nEagging flash of iC5nsight E
A5 You're always desperate to avoid
C5 Like the blEoody knuckled gC5unman E
A5 Still stationed at the breach
C5 Like that Eboard game with the sC5liders E
A5 And the children on the beach
[Chorus]
Stay aliF5ve
C5Maybe spit some blood at the caG5mera
Just stay aliF5ve
C5 Stay forever aliG5ve
Am
transcribed by zeepilote@gmail.com
tabbed by badposture