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New Britain
by The Mountain Goats
tabbed by Jonathan Bliss
      and Andy Moskowitz

 Intro:Eb

 G Ab
 you've had it up to here with my west country talk
 Eb
 you can hardly understand a word i say
 G Ab
 the shortest tree around here is a hundred feet tall
 Eb
 it's gonna rain today

 G Ab Eb

 G Ab
 i try and tell you secrets 'til my face turns blue
 Eb
 i am not getting through to you
 G
 all the way across the ocean
 Ab
 they're gathering their strength again
 Eb
 lining up along the country's length again
 Ab Bb Eb
 this morning i know who you are
 this morning i know who you are

 on the river, the sun is bright gold
 and the things you try to say to me make my blood run cold
 but i hold you anyway, and we stare into the sun all day
 and you're about to leave again
 i've learned to read your movements
 and i'm learning how to read your mind
 the sun climbs up the sky for us above the mississippi
 and i feel you in my arms, but you're hardly even with me
 this morning i know who you are
 this morning i know who you are