Moon Over Goldsboro chords by The Mountain Goats

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Moon Over Goldsboro

tabbed my mike/howardfinkel483

Chords:
Asus2
e--0--
B--0--
G--2--
D--2--
A--0--
E-----

Riff:

e-------0-
B-----0---
G-0-2-----
D---------
A---------
E---------

Intro:
G  Em  Asus2 riff:
G  Em  Asus2 riff:

G            Em
I went down the the gas station
Asus2
for no particular reason,
G              Em
heard the screams from the high school,
Asus 2
it's football season.

Em  C
Em  C

G           Em
empty lot the station faces,
Asus2
will probably be there forever.
G           Em
I climbed over the four foot fence,
Asus2
I was trying to sever the tether.

       D  Am
moon in the sky,
Em
cold as a stone
D            Am
spend each night in your arms,
C
always wake up alone.

G  Em  Asus2
G  Em  Asus2

G         Em
I lay down in the weeds,
Asus2
it was a real cold night.
G                Em
I was happy until the overnight attendant
Asus2
switched on the floodlight.

Em  C
Em  C

G                 Em
walking home I was talking to you under my breath,
Asus2
saying things I would never say directly.
G            Em
I heard a siren on the highway up ahead.
Asus2
kinda wish they'd come and get me

       D     Am
frost on the sidewalk,
Em
white as a bone
D            Am
tried to get close to you again,
C
always wake up alone.

Bm            C
and as i was crossing our doorstep,
C             G
i hesitated just a moment there.
Bm         C
remembered the day we moved into our small house
C                Am
'til the vision got to vivid to bear.

G  Em  Asus2
G  Em  Asus2

G        Em
you were almost asleep,
Asus2
halfway undressed
G        Em
i lay right down next to you
Asus2
held your head against my chest.

Em  C
Em  C

G             Em
and a guy with any kind of courage
Asus2
would maybe stop to think the matter through
G             Em
maybe hold you still and raise the question,
Asus2
instead of blindly holding on to you.

           D   Am
but we crank up the heat
Em
and you giggle and moan,
D            Am
spend all night in the company of ghosts,
C
always wake up alone

G  Em  Asus2 etc.