Exegetic Chains chords by The Mountain Goats

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
A
Look closely at the shadows
                C#m D
On the ground beneath the trees
         A
The labors of Hercules


Wild grasses on the hills
          C#m D
Rippling in the wind
      A
Sibley unchained

Pre-Chorus:
  E
The songs you sing at Christmas time
  D
The stories that you tell
           F#m
Well I knew them well
  D        F#m
Yes I knew them well


Chorus:
  E
Say your prayers to whomever
    D
You call out to in the night
     F#m
Keep the chains tight
E
Make it through this year
   D         A
If it kills you outright


Verse 2:
A
The coins they toss at dancers
              C#m D
Whirling in the city square
A
Music on the air

The places where we met to share
             C#m D
Our secrets now and then
     A
We will see them again

E
Change will come
   D
Stay warm inside the ripple
D
Of the panasonic hum

It grinds
    F#m
And it roars
D
Headed somewhere better

If I have to crawl there on all fours


Chorus:
  E
Say your prayers to whomever
    D
You call out to in the night
     F#m
Keep the chains tight
E
Make it through this year
   D
If it kills us outright

A D A E D x2