We Were Patriots
Mountain GoatsVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
E (strum A once towards the end then strum E a couple more times), A, B
clear sky over Calcutta -- a warm wind.
Dvorak on the short wave, clear signal coming in
intro for the la's
la la la
la la la la la la
la la la
la la la la la la la
long vowels spill like liquid from your mouth.
i hang on every word you say.
an army of transistor radios on the bookshelf left on all day.
let them play, yeah let 'em all play on and on and on.
let 'em all play longer and louder and long after you're gone
la la
la la la la la la
la la
la la la la la
clear sky sheltering our fragile little house
listening to the radio all the time
your hand on my forehead as though to check for a fever
yeah big plans in mind.
la la la la
la la la la la
la la la la
la la la la la la la
la la
la la la la la la
la la
intro with small variations for a while. end on E
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Readable chord sheet for We Were Patriots by Mountain Goats
E (strum A once towards the end then strum E a couple more times), A, B [E]clear sky over Calcutta -- [A] a warm wind. [B] [E]Dvorak on the short wave, c[A]lear signal com[B]ing in intro for the la's la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la [E]long vowels spill like liquid from your mouth. i h[A]ang on every word you sa[B]y. [E]an army of transistor radios on the bookshelf l[A]eft on all day.[B] [A]let them [B]play, yeah le[E]t 'em all play on and on and[A] on. [E]let 'em all play [B]longer and louder a[E]nd long after you're go[A]ne la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la [E]clear sky sheltering our fragile little house [A]listening to the radio all the t[B]ime [E]your hand on my forehead as though to check for a fever [A]yeah big plans in mind.[B] la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la intro with small variations for a while. end on E