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Blame it on the Tetons
Modest Mouse
Main Progression:
G Dadd11 C
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|0-0-0-0-0------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|4-4-4-4-5-7---0|--0-0-0-0-----0|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0|0-0-0-0-----0-0|
|5-5-5-5-5-5---4|--4-4-4-5-7---2|--2-2-2-2-0-0-2|2-2-2-2-5-5-2-0|
|--------------5|--5-5-5-5-5---3|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Blame
it on the Tetons. Yeah, I need a scapegoat now.
No my dog won't bite you, though it had the right to. You oughta give her
credit cuz she knows I would've let it happen.
Progression x2
Blame it on the weekends. God, I need a cola now.
Oh we mumble loudly, wear our shame so proudly. Wore our blank expressions,
trying to look interesting.
Blame
it all on me ‘cuz God I need a cold one now.
Progression
x2
All them eager actors gladly taking credit for the lines created by people
tucked away from sight
is
just a window from the room we're bound to. If you find a way out, oh would you
just let me know how?
Would
you just let me know how?
Blame
it on the web but the spider's your problem now.
Language
is for liquid that we're all dissolved in. Great for solving problems, after it
creates a problem.
G (hold 1 measure)
Blame
it on the Tetons. God, I need a scapegoat now.
Progression 2:
G Cmaj7 Am G
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|------0---0-0-0|1---1-1---1-1-1|---------------|
|--------5-4----|0---0-0---0-0-0|2---2-2---2-2-2|2-----4---4-4-4|
|5---5-5--------|2---2-2---2-2-2|2---2-2---2-2-2|0-----0---0-0-0|
|5---5-5-5-5----|3---3-3---3-3-3|0---0-0---0-0-0|---------------|
|3---3-3-3-3----|---------------|---------------|3-----3---3-3-3|
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Everyone's a building burning with no one to put the fire out. Standing at the window looking out, waiting for time to burn us down. Everyone's an ocean drowning with no on really to show how. They might get a little better air if they turned themselves into a cloud.
Progression 2 x4
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