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Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod
by The Mountain Goats
tabbed by Jonathan Bliss
      and Andy Moskowitz

Intro: Bb Eb and back and forth

Bb Eb
you are sleeping off your demon
Bb Eb
when I come home.
Bb F
spittle bubbling on your lips,
Bb Eb
fine white foam

Bb Eb
I am young and I am good.
Bb Eb
it's a hot southern california day.
Bb F Eb Bb
if I wake you up, there will be hell to pay.

Bb Eb
and alone in my room,
Eb Bb
I am the last of a lost civilization.

and I vanish into the dark
and rise above my station.
rise above my station.

but I do wake you up, and when I do
you blaze down the hall and you scream.
I'm in my room with the headphones on
deep in the dream chamber.
and then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face,
hoping you don't break my stereo.
because it's the one thing that I couldn't live without
and so I think about that and then I sorta black out.

held under these smothering waves 
by your strong and thick veined hand,
but one of these days I'm going to wriggle up on dry land.


Suggestion: I think it sounds better going from A to Dsus2, and then for the change it goes to E. but thats just me

Hast Thou Considered the Tetrapod

Here's how I play it. It's not 100% accurate, cause in the album version it's barre chords, but this sounds good too.

Capo 1

A: x02220
Dsus2: xx0230
E: 022100

Intro: A A A Dsus2 A Dsus2 A Dsus2 A

A                         Dsus2
You are sleeping off your demons
A           Dsus2
When I come home
A                        E
Spittle bubbling on your lips
A          Dsus2
Fine white foam

A                   Dsus2
I am young and I am good
       A                       Dsus2
It's a hot southern California day
A             E
If I wake you up
A                     Dsus2 (play an extra measure)
There will be hell to pay

                A
And alone in my room
         Dsus2                A
I am the last of a lost civilization
Dsus2                 A (play an extra measure)
And I vanish into the dark
                  Dsus2
And rise above my station
A             Dsus2 (play an extra measure)
Rise above my station

A A Dsus2 A Dsus2 A Dsus2 A

A                                Dsus2
But I do wake you up, and when I do
    A                           Dsus2
You blaze down the hall and you scream
A                        E
I'm in my room with the headphones on
A             Dsus2
Deep in the dream chamber

A                           Dsus2
And then I'm awake and I'm guarding my face
A                          Dsus2
Hoping you don't break my stereo
A                                    E
Because it's the one thing that I couldn't live without
         A                               Dsus2 (play an extra measure)
And so I think about that, and then I sorta black out

                            A
Held under these smothering waves
        Dsus2                   A
By your strong and thick-veined hand
Dsus2            A
But one of these days
          E                 A
I'm gonna wriggle up on dry land

A Dsus2 A Dsus2 A Dsus2 (2x)

A E A

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