Alibi Chords

Alibi Mountain Goats Intro: E Am B (x2) Verse 1: E C#m I got off work just past 11 laid one finger to the breeze A F#m B You can almost taste the action on nights like these E C#m Trees were bending in the wind you were 40 miles away A F#m B And I was headed your direction I’d been waiting all day I’d been waiting all E day

E Am B (x2) Verse 2: E C#m Moon over West Covina was huge and white A F#m B And I was like a patient on a table headed for the light E C#m Leaned toward the center divider feel the wind in my hair A F#m B Keep a light up in your window I'm gonna be right there, I'm gonna be right E there Chorus: E Am With a gleam in my eye E C#m A B and an almost airtight alibi E C#m A B E Verse 3: E C#m Down by the chemistry building I found a quiet place to park A F#m B And I made my way down the street toward your place stepping lightly in the dark E C#m Climbed up the steps to your doorway like a man prepared to jump beneath a train A F#m B E Its real warm outside tonight maybe tomorrow it rains maybe tomorrow it rains E Am B (2X) Verse 4: E C#m Inside your room we shut the window and we turned on a fan A F#m B And we lay there together in the darkness I can keep a secret If you can E C#m Finishing one another's sentences like a pair of identical twins A Your boyfriend's out of town until Tuesday F#m B E And nobody saw me come in, nobody saw me come in Chorus: E Am With a gleam in my eye E C#m A B and an almost airtight alibi Outro: E C#m A B E E Am B (x4)