Fall Of The Star High School Running Back chords by The Mountain Goats

Mountain Goats - The Fall of the Star High School Running Back.

A* = Asus2 A Asus4

D A G A* D A G A
D A G A* D D D D D D D

      D  A  G  G
Sophomore year,
  D       A     G        A      D  A  G  G
you rushed for an average of eight and a third yards per carry.
G          A
 All eyes were on you.
    D  A  G  G
Junior year,
  D      A       G      A
you blew your knee out at an out of town game.
G            A
  Nowhere to go to but down, down, down.
D                G
Nothing but the ground left for you to fall to.

D A G A* D A G A
D A G A* D D D

   D  A  G  G
by July,
    D     A     G     A
you'd made a whole bunch of brand new friends,
G            A
people you used to look down on.
          D  A      G     G
And you'd figured out  a way to make real money --
    D      A        G    A
givin' ends to your friends, and it felt stupendous.
G           A
 chrome spokes on your Japanese bike,
   Bb        A
but selling acid was a bad idea,
   D            G
and selling it to a cop was a worse one.
     D           A            D
And the new law said that seventeen year olds could do federal time.
G                D         G
 you were the first one, so I sing this song for you,
D           G
 William Stanaforth Donahue,
    D            A
your grandfather rode the boat over from Ireland,
   D        G
but you made a bad decision or two.
   D A G A* D A G A (x2) D
yeah.