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-Riches and Wonders\\ +<code> 
-The Mountain Goats\\ +Riches and Wonders 
-\\ +by The Mountain Goats 
-The chord placement isn't exactso you'llhave to figure out the strumming pattern yourself.\\ + 
-As a sidenote, I like to play those E chords with a little improvised plucking on the first two or three strings,\\ +I'm not 100% sure about the chord placement.  Alsothe strumming pattern you have to figure out yourself. 
-just to break up the monotony a little.  It sounds like Darnielle does something like that on the song anyway.\\ +As a sidenote, I like to play those E chords with a little improvised plucking on the first two or three strings, 
-\\ +just to break up the monotony a little.  It sounds like Darnielle does something like that on the song anyway. 
-A7add9\\  + 
-\\ +John also adds a F# to the E chord every now and then (making it Esus2). You can hear it in the intro and a lot 
---x-----\\ +of the times that an E comes in, it actually starts out with that 2nd added and then dropped. For example, at the 
---0-----\\ +end of the line "We stayed up all night". I've added the Esus2 chord shape below. 
---1-----\\ + 
---2-----\\ +A7add9    Esus2 
---0-----\\ + 
---x-----\\ +--x----- ---0--- 
-\\ +--0----- ---0--- 
-(E)\\ +--1----- ---1--- 
-we live high, our love gorges on the alcohol we feed it \\ +--2----- ---4--- 
-\\ +--0----- ---2--- 
-(E) \\ +--x----- ---0--- 
-and it grows all fat and friendly, we have surplus if we need it \\ + 
-\\ +E  
-(A7add9)               (A                    (E) \\ +we live high, our love gorges on the alcohol we feed it  
-we hold on as hard as we can, our knuckles are white \\ + 
-\\ +(E)  
-(E) \\ +and it grows all fat and friendly, we have surplus if we need it  
-we write letters to each other invent secrets to confess to \\ + 
-\\ +       A7add9                A                     E  
-(E) \\ +we hold on as hard as we can, our knuckles are white  
-i learn foreign and exotic terms of endearment by which to address you \\ + 
-\\ +(E)  
-(A7add9                  (A                    (E)\\ +we write letters to each other invent secrets to confess to  
-we feed fresh fruit to one another we stay up all night \\ + 
-\\ +(E)  
-(B                            (A) \\ +i learn foreign and exotic terms of endearment by which to address you  
-and i am healthy, i am whole, but i have poor impulse control \\ + 
-\\ +       A7add9                                       E 
-(E               (B) \\ +we feed fresh fruit to one another we stay up all night  
-and i want to go home, but i am home \\ + 
-\\ +             B                             A  
-(E) \\ +and i am healthy, i am whole, but i have poor impulse control  
-we are strong, we are faithful, we are guardians of a rare thing\\ + 
-\\ +              E                B  
-(E) \\ +and i want to go home, but i am home  
-we pay close, careful attention to the news the morning air brings \\ + 
-\\ +E  
-(A7add9)                   (A                        (E) \\ +we are strong, we are faithful, we are guardians of a rare thing 
-we show great loyalty to the hard times we've been through \\ + 
-\\ +(E)  
-(E) \\ +we pay close, careful attention to the news the morning air brings  
-we are filled with riches and wonders, our love keeps the things it finds \\ + 
-\\ +        A7add9       A                         E  
-(E) \\ +we show great loyalty to the hard times we've been through  
-and we dance like drunken sailors, lost at sea out of our minds \\ + 
-\\ +(E)  
-(A7add9)                   (A)                           (E)\\+we are filled with riches and wonders, our love keeps the things it finds  
 + 
 +(E)  
 +and we dance like drunken sailors, lost at sea out of our minds  
 + 
 +         A7add9                                               E
 you find shelter somewhere in me, and i find great comfort in you  you find shelter somewhere in me, and i find great comfort in you 
-\\ 
-(B)                             A \\ 
-and i keep you safe from harm, you hold me in your arms \\ 
-\\ 
-(E)              (B) \\ 
-and i want to go home, but i am home \\ 
-\\ 
-(interlude - 2 measures of E major, one measure of A7add9, one measure of A major, repeat as necessary) \\ 
-\\ 
-(ending is also just an E major chord) \\ 
  
 +            B                             
 +and i keep you safe from harm, you hold me in your arms 
 +
 +                            B 
 +and i want to go home, but i am home 
 +
 +(interlude - 2 measures of E major, one measure of A7add9, one measure of A major, repeat as necessary) 
  
 +(ending is also just an E major chord) 
  
 +</code>
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