the Mountain Goats Wiki

standard tuning. capo on 1. everything is relative to the capo.

Asus2:-02200
E    :022100
Dsus4:--0233


Asus2 E Asus2 E

Asus2
  follow the path up the foot of the mountain.
E
  follow the twisting branches.
	 Asus2
when you look at them
		   E
remember that they are alive, and growing still.
	  Dsus4
see their colors lighten, as you climb.
Asus2				      E
watch the sunlight catch them and reflect them.
			 Asus2
it reflects them everywhere.

E				      Asus2
  one of these paths leading up the nameless mountain
		 E
was the one that told you something once.
	Asus2
but you will not find it here.
       E				   Asus2
it has shriveled up and pickled off the mountain.

like a dying vine.
	   E
once these things take on their weightlessness,
  Asus2
the structure comes apart.

    Dsus4
how do the trees grow in this weather?
Asus2
it is freezing cold.
	 E
take the path on up the mountain side.
    Asus2				  E
and all the sounds from far and wide will leave you suddenly.
	      Asus2			   E
and sugared winds come through the clouds.

Asus2 E
Asus2 E
Asus2 E
Asus2 E