CHORDS: The Mountain Goats – Clean Slate Chords on Piano & Ukulele

These are Clean Slate chords by The Mountain Goats on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

[Intro]
C   F x4

[Verse 1]
C                      
One from East St. Louis
        F
 with a scar beneath his eye
C                           
Left the kitchen spotless on 
     F
the day he said goodbye
D7                      
Breakaway republic dude,
   Am
 supremely filthy mouth
  Em                F          
Copiah, Mississipi; points much 
         G
further south

[Chorus]
           C             F  
It\'s never light outside yet
           G                 
 when they climb into the van
  C   F   G
  C              F         G 
Remember at your peril, forget 
                    C
the ones you can

[Verse 2]
C                         F
Leave home feeling empty, change 
planes in Taipei
C                         
Stay awake the whole timе, 
        F
end up several worlds away
    D7                             
Thе house was almost full that day,
      Am
 they made a space for you
     Em                      
This world is sad and broken, 
       F              G
gotta fix a crack or two

[Chorus]
C                 F      
Rest until you\'re rested,
        G  
 climb back
                   C   F   G
 onto the caravan
  C              F         G  
Remember at your peril, forget 
                   C
the ones you can

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[Bridge]
         D7            C           
And then just when you think you\'ve
 G           C     F        Fm
 learned how to forget
    Bm         Am              
You learn it\'s just the ones who
          G                      F
 haven\'t risen to the surface yet

[Verse 3]
C                      F
Absence after absence, keep 
the place secure
C                         
This will be the last time 
        F
that I do this,
 I\'m pretty sure
       D7                    
No one lasts for long in this
            Am              Em
 profession, so they say
      F                 G
Maybe see you again someday

[Chorus]
C              F            
Every endpoint fixed forever 
        G               
on the day its arc began
   C   F   G
  C              F     
Remember at your peril,
    G                   
 forget the ones you can
     Am   D7   F   G
                       
Forget the ones you can
C       F   G

[Outro]
C    F  G  x3
C