The Mountain Goats – Passaic 1975 chords

[verse 1]

D                                  C Write something down in illegible script
E                                  Am As we're approaching the landing strip
Dm                          Am New Gibson SG, inlaid with pearl
F  G      A Tonight Passaic
F  G          A tomorrow the world

D                              C In a Holiday Inn by a nameless river
E                                    Am Renew the assault on my lungs and my liver
Dm                                    Am And while I'm waiting for the company man
F G        ASlip on my kimono
F G              Athat I bought in Japan

[Chorus]

A                        DTell the crowd, tell the world
A                      DI want everyone to get high
A                        DTell the press, tell the cameras
A                      DI want everyone to get high

G A

[Verse 2]

D                                              C And the tech crew in Memphis has a present for me
E                      A screen that scrolls lyrics
Am                          Like the ones they have on TV
Dm                            Am The deluxe model, one of only four thousand made
F  G           A Black out that night
F G                      A in front of ten thousand paid

G                              FIn the back lounge, in between stops
E                                     AmContingency plans in case the new one flops
G#                              GSometimes I wake up coughing up blood
F  G    ATonight IndianapoliS
F  G         Atomorrow the flood

[Chorus]

A                       DTell the person next to you
A                      DI want everyone to get high
A                         DTell your boss, tell your mother
A                      DI want everyone to get high
GGet high

[Outro]

D A (3x)
D G A