We Were Patriots Chords - Mountain Goats






Easiest played with a capo on 2nd fret but if you don't like capos/you aren't lazy/you 
have a capo just do the apporpriate bar chords E will be F#, A - B, B - C#. get the picture?

okay, so like I said Capo 2nd fret

Intro
E (strum A once towards the end then strum E a couple more times), A, B

E                          A              B
clear sky over Calcutta --  a warm wind.
E                          A              B
Dvorak on the short wave, clear signal coming in

intro for the la's
la la la
la la la la la la
la la la
la la la la la la la

E
long vowels spill like liquid from your mouth.
   A                       B
i hang on every word you say.
E                                              A              B
an army of transistor radios on the bookshelf left on all day.
A        B            E                           A
let them play, yeah let 'em all play on and on and on.
E                B                  E                      A
let 'em all play longer and louder and long after you're gone

intro again:
la la
la la la la la la
la la
la la la la la

E
clear sky sheltering our fragile little house
A                               B
listening to the radio all the time
E
your hand on my forehead as though to check for a fever
A                      B
yeah big plans in mind.

intro
la la la la
la la la la la
la la la la
la la la la la la la
la la
la la la la la la
la la

intro with small variations for a while. end on E