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Mountain Goats - Love, Love, Love
Tuning: Standard
Intro: E A E A
E A
King Saul fell on his sword when it all went wrong,
E B
and JosephÂ’s brothers sold him down the river for a song,
E A
and Sonny Liston rubbed some tiger balm into his glove.
F# A E
some things you do for money and some you do for love, love, love.
(E) A E A
E A
Raskolnikov felt sick but he couldn't say why
E B
when he saw his face reflected in his victim's twinkling eye.
E A
some things you'll do for money and some you'll do for fun,
F# A B E
but the things you do for love are going to come back to you one by one.
(E) A
(A) E
Love, love is going to lead you by the hand
A E
into a white and soundless place.
A F# E
now we see things as in a mirror dimly.
A B
then we shall see each other face to face.
E A
and way out in Seattle young Kurt Cobain
E B
snuck out to the greenhouse, put a bullet in his brain.
E A
snakes in the grass beneath our feet, rain in the clouds above,
F# A E
some moments last forever, but some flare up with love, love, love.
(E) A E A
E A E A