Minnesota chords by The Mountain Goats

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

G                  Em
  seeds came in the mail today from holland
     D*               C
and the language on the package was wonderful and strange
G             Em
all sorts of flowers that grow up from the earth
  D*           C
   in goodly colors gloriously arranged

C              D
i circled the house and i scattered them around
    G            C
let the water sink down into the soil
Am              D
  stared a long time at the residue
G         C
  blood, milk and oil
Am              D
god the humidity is something
G         C
our shirts are soaked clean through
Am              D
the house is throbbing and the heat keeps coming
G         C
and i keep looking at you

G  Em  Dsus  C

G               Em
  and then you're singing in dutch to me
     D*            C
      and i recognize the song
G           Em
  it seems so old and so fragile
D*               C
  and i haven't heard it in so long
Am                 D
  we may throw the windows open later
      G           C
but we are not as far west as you suppose we are
Am            D
hot wind coming off the water
G            C
the sky gone crazy with stars
Am           D
while we stay here we imagine we're alive
G           C
we see shadows on the walls
Am                    D
there's something waiting for us in the hot, wet air
G         C
sweat, water and alcohol


     G
just the old blood
D*
rising up through the wooden floor again
G
just the old love
C
asking for more again

G Em D* C (x2)