Family Happiness
Mountain GoatsVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Em11/ 200000
/ x20010
/ x00010
Here is the E riff. It's marked in the tab as "E*"
e--0--3--2--0--2--0--0
B--0--0--0--0--0--0--0
G--1--1--1--1--1--1--0
D--2--2--2--2--2--2--0
A--2--2--2--2--2--2--0
E--0--0--0--0--0--0--0
as we cruised across the Canadian border
you reached into your handbag, pulled out a micro-cassette recorder,
started quoting Tolstoy into the machine,
i had no idea what you meant.
i guess i'm supposed to figure these things out,
or maybe it's supposed to be self-evident.
but i've gone feral,
and i don't speak the language anymore.
we're headed deep into the forest,
i've got the pedal to the floor.
the engine shudders, like a dying man, when you reach out to grab my hand,
you can bring out all your weapons,
you can't make me go to war.
long winding Canadian highways, innumerable evergreens.
weather forecast on the AM radio
says we'll be expecting highs in the low teens
when i mouth my silent curses at you,
i can see my breath.
i hope the stars don't even come out tonight.
i hope we both freeze to death.
look at the person i've turned into, tell me, how do you like him now?
no standards of any kind to break, no creeds to disavow
i am right here where you want me
do what you brought me out here for.
you can arm me to the teeth.
you can't make me go to war.
End with string breaking power!
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Readable chord sheet for Family Happiness by Mountain Goats
Em11/[F#] 200000 [Cadd9]/[B] x20010 [Cadd9]/[A] x00010 Here is the E riff. It's marked in the tab as "E*" e--0--3--2--0--2--0--0 B--0--0--0--0--0--0--0 G--1--1--1--1--1--1--0 D--2--2--2--2--2--2--0 A--2--2--2--2--2--2--0 E--0--0--0--0--0--0--0 [E] [G6] [Em11] [F#] [E] [G6] [Em11] [F#] [E] [E]as we cruised across[G6] the [Em11]Canad[F#]ian [E]border you reached into your handbag, pulled out a [G6]micro-[Em11]casse[F#]tte [E]recorder, started quoting Tolstoy into the machine, i had[G6] no i[Em11]dea w[F#]hat you [E]meant. i guess i'm supposed to figure these things out, or [G6]maybe it's su[Em11]ppose[F#]d to be [E]self-evident. but i've gone [C]feral[Cadd9], [B] and [Cadd9]i don'[A]t speak the [G6]lang[Em11/F#]uage any[E]more. [C]we're headed [Cadd9]deep i[B]nto the [Cadd9]forest[A], [G6] [Em11] [F#] [E] i've got the pedal to the floor. the engine shudders, like a[D] dying man, when you[E] reach out to [D]grab my hand, [Bb]you can bring out all your [A]weapons, you can't make me go to [E]war. [E] [E] [G6] [Em11] [F#] [E] [G6] [Em11] [F#] [E] [E]long winding Canadian highways,[G6] innumera[Em11]ble e[F#]vergreens[E]. [E]weather forecast on the AM radio says we'll [G6]be expecting [Em11]highs[F#] in the[E] low teens when i mouth my silent curses at you,[G6] [Em11]i can[F#] see my[E] breath. i hope the stars don't even come out tonight.[G6] i hope[Em11] we b[F#]oth freeze[E] to death. [C]look at the [Cadd9]person[B] i've [Cadd9]turned[A] into, [G6]tell me, how do you [Em11]like [F#]him [E]now? [C]no standards [Cadd9]of any[B] kind to [Cadd9]break,[A] no [G6]creeds[Em11/F#] to disa[E]vow [E]i am right here where you [D]want me [E]do what you brought me [D]out here for. you can [Bb]arm me to the [A]teeth. you can't make me go to [E]war. [E] [E] [G6] [Em11] [F#] [E] [E] [E] [G6] [Em11] [F#] [E] [E] [E] [G6] [Em11] [F#] [E] End with string breaking power!