Adapted for solo guitar.
Instrumental
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D|-----2-----2----------4-----4----------0----0----------0----0----------------|
A|---4-----4-----2----5-----5-----5----5----5----5-----4----4-----4------------|
E|-5-----5-----5----5-----5-----5----2----2----2-----2----2-----2--------------|
A D/A F#m D/F#
Or can be played as power chords:
A: 54xxxx
D/A: 554xxx
F#m: 25xxxx
D/F#:24xxxx
Instrumental
A D/A F#m D/F# x2
Verse
A D/A F#m D/F#
Lately i've been spending more time with the mountain goats
A D/A F#m D/A
On the drive to my parents I took all the back roads home
A D/A F#m D/F#
I turned up the volume so I could hear the vocals
A D/A F#m D/F#
Over the hum of the wind tumbling in through the window
A D/A F#m D/A
Over the Roar of the engine coming in off the open road
Instrumental
A D/A F#m D/F# x2
Verse
A D/A F#m D/F#
Tucked away in an attic of a place on Aberdeen
A D/A F#m D/F#
With some books and a mattress and me off sweeping
A D/A F#m D/F#
As my thoughts would collect in the cracks between floorboards
A D/A F#m D/A
Taking stock of their plight they wonder what a life like this is good for
A D/A F#m D/A
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone
A D/A F#m D/F#
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone
A D/A F#m D/A
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone
A D/A F#m D/F#
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone
Verse
A D/A F#m D/F#
Under the weight of my feet, I feel the floorboards speaking
A D/A F#m D/F#
And at night while I read, I feel the street lights creep in
A D/A F#m D/F#
The only books that I brought were by children's authors
A D/A F#m D/A
Like the one in which piglet is entirely surrounded by water
Instrumental
A D/A F#m D/F# x2
Verse
A D/A F#m D/F#
In the rearview mirror, I see me on the highway
A D/A F#m D/A
With a tow rope tied to my chest and then driving away
A D/A F#m D/F#
Both lungs pulled tight as I fight to keep breathing
A D/A F#m D/A
Having the wind knocked out of me seems like a tired cliche
i>Chorus
A D/A F#m D/A
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone
A D/A F#m D/F#
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone
A D/A F#m D/A
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone
A D/A F#m D/F#
I forgot what exactly it felt like to be alone
Instrumental
A D/A F#m D/A
A D/A F#m D/F#
A D/A F#m D/A
A D/A F#m D/F#
Outro
A D/A F#m D/F#
Ah oo oo oo / Oh oo oo oo